Only son. Died of plague. His mother was Sheila (Gille), sister of Cormac MacCarthy, who was a lifelong ally of Maurice's father.
Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald (died from the plague Dec 1529; buried at Jerpoint, County Kilkenny) married his first cousin [common grandmother Ellice Barry] Joan FitzGibbon, daughter of John FitzMaurice FitzGibbon, the (9th) White Knight. Their son James FitzMaurice FitzGerald became 12th Earl of Desmond.[1]
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