Resting place Tralee Abbey Name Maurice 2nd Tenure 1356-1358 Died 1358 | Nationality Hiberno-Norman Titles Earl of Desmond Spouse(s) Beatrice de Stafford | |
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Predecessor Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald Issue unnamed daughter who married Domnall Og Mac Carthaigh Mor Parents Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond Successor Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond Grandparents Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond People also search for Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond | ||
Great-grandparents Margaret Berkeley |
Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond (d. 1358) was the son of Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond, 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.
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