Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan

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Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan, was a prominent 12th-century Norman nobleman and military leader who played a key role in the Anglo-Norman conquest and colonization of Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Norman nobleman ⓘ
medieval military leader ⓘ
participant in the Norman invasion of Ireland ⓘ
associatedCastle Lanstephan (Llansteffan) Castle ⓘ
linked to: Llansteffan Castle
associatedWith Cambro-Norman community in Wales ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Lordship of Ireland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
culturalIdentity Cambro-Norman ⓘ
linked to: Cambro-Normans
ethnicOrigin Norman ⓘ
familyName FitzGerald ⓘ
father Gerald de Windsor ⓘ
givenName Maurice ⓘ
historicalReputation key leader in early Anglo-Norman expansion into Ireland ⓘ
introducedInstitution Anglo-Norman feudal structures in Ireland ⓘ
landholdings estates in Leinster ⓘ
lands in south-west Wales ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Norman French ⓘ
legacy founder of the main Geraldine lines in Ireland ⓘ
militaryConflict Anglo-Norman conquest of Leinster ⓘ
Norman invasion of Ireland ⓘ
militaryRank knight ⓘ
mother Nest ferch Rhys ⓘ
nobleFamily FitzGerald dynasty ⓘ
linked to: FitzGerald family

Geraldines ⓘ
nobleTitle Lord of Lanstephan ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Baginbun ⓘ
Siege of Dublin (1170) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Dublin

Siege of Wexford ⓘ
notableDescendant FitzGerald Earls of Desmond ⓘ
FitzGerald Earls of Kildare ⓘ
Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly ⓘ
notableFor establishing Geraldine power in Ireland ⓘ
organizing and leading Anglo-Norman forces in Ireland ⓘ
politicalAlignment supporter of Henry II in Ireland ⓘ
regionOfActivity Ireland ⓘ
Norman Marches ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roleInIreland Anglo-Norman colonizer of Ireland ⓘ
servedUnder King Henry II of England ⓘ
linked to: Henry II of England

Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke ⓘ
socialClass high medieval nobility ⓘ
timePeriod 12th century ⓘ

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Norman invasion of Ireland → commander → Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan ⓘ
FitzGerald family → founder → Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan ⓘ
Geraldines → foundedBy → Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan ⓘ
Fitzgerald → hasNotableBearer → Maurice FitzGerald ⓘ
linked to: Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan
Cambro-Normans → notableMember → Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan ⓘ
Raymond FitzGerald → uncle → Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Llanstephan ⓘ
linked to: Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan