Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond

Maurice FitzGerald
Died	1358
Resting place	Tralee Abbey[1]
Title	Earl of Desmond
Tenure	1356-1358
Nationality	Hiberno-Norman
Predecessor	Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald
Successor	Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald
Spouse(s)	Beatrice de Stafford
Issue	unnamed daughter who married Domnall Óg Mac Cárthaigh Mór[1]
Parents	Maurice 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]

Ancestors 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. Webb, Alfred. A Compendium of Irish Biography. Dublin: 1878.
2. Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. 1866. p. 204
3. 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