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Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond

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Maurice FitzGerald
Earl of Desmond
Tenure1356-1358
PredecessorMaurice FitzThomas FitzGerald
SuccessorGerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald
Died1358
BuriedTralee Abbey[1]
NationalityHiberno-Norman
Spouse(s)Beatrice de Stafford
Issueunnamed daughter who married Domnall Óg Mac Cárthaigh Mór[1]
ParentsMaurice FitzThomas FitzGerald
Margaret O'Brien
Norman Ireland, showing the Earldom of Desmond in the southwest

Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond (d. 1358) was the son of Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond,[1][2][3] and his first wife, Katherine de Burgh.

The 2nd Earl married Beatrice de Stafford, daughter of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret Audley, but died without any male issue, and was therefore succeeded in the Earldom of Desmond by his half-brother Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond.[1][2][3]

Family of Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond
John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond
Maurice FitzJohn FitzGerald
Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond
John de Cogan of Carrigaline
Joan de Cogan
Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond
Lord Barry of Olethan
Margaret de Barry
Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond
Richard Mór de Burgh, 1st Baron of Connaught
Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster
Egidia de Lacy, Lady of Connacht
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster
John FitzGeoffrey
Aveline
Isabel Bigod
Catherine de Burgh
Count Arnold III of Guines
Margaret de Guines


  1. ^ a b c d Webb, Alfred. A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: 1878.
  2. ^ a b Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. 1866. p. 204
  3. ^ a b Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Volume III. London: George Bell & Sons. 1890. p. 83
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Desmond
1st creation
1356–1358 		Succeeded by
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