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Gerald FitzMaurice, jure uxoris 1st Lord of Offaly was a Cambro-Norman nobleman who
took part with his father, Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Llanstephan, in the Norman Invasion of Ireland (1169–71). Together with his five brothers and one sister Nesta they founded the notable FitzGerald/FitzMaurice dynasty which was to play an important role in Irish history.