Aveline
(Eleanor)
FitzGerald
formerly FitzMaurice
Born about in Kerry, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nicholas FitzMaurice
and Slany O'Brien
Sister of
Margaret (FitzMaurice) MacCarthy and John FitzMaurice
Wife of
Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald
— married
about 1335 (to 1356) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald
Died
at about age 48
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jun 2011
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Biography
Eleanor (Aveline) Fitzmaurice was the daughter of Nicholas FitzMaurice, 3rd Lord of Kerry & Lixnaw.
She was the second wife of Maurice fitz Thomas Fitzgerald. [1]
From the Dictionary of Irish Biography profile for Aveline's husband Maurice, 1st Earl of Desmond:
- Desmond's first wife was Katherine, daughter of Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster. With his second wife, Aveline, the daughter of Nicholas fitz Maurice FitzGerald of Kerry, he had four children.
- He was succeeded as Earl of Desmond by his eldest son, Maurice (d.1357) and then by his youngest son Gerald (Gearóid Iarla), who by the king's grace was permitted to inherit in place of the middle son, Nicholas, who was mentally disabled.
- Desmond and Aveline also had one daughter, Joan.
Sources
- ↑ The Journal of the Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland : No: 2 The Earls of Desmond JSTOR pdf ed: Rev. James Graves
- Dictionary of Irish Biography profile for Maurice, 1st Earl of Desmond (author Ronan Mackay):
- Geni: Andrea Payne
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