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From: "Althea Van Pay" <>
Subject: Re: Juliane Fitz Maurice, wife of Thomas de Clare
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 19:14:00 PST


Does anyone know how many daughters Richard "Strongbow" de Clare had? I know
of Isabel, who married William MARSHAL, and (I think) Joan, who married a
GAMAGE. Were there other children? Who is the daughter of "Strongbow" who
was the mother of Maud de Quincy?

Althea Van Pay

> >As for Juliane Fitz Maurice's correct maternity, it appears she
> >was the daughter of her father's first wife, Maud de
> >Prendergast, born about 1242, widow of David Fitz Maurice (died
> >1249) and Maurice de Rochford (died 1258), and daughter and
> >coheiress of Gerald de Prendergast (died 1251), of Beauvoir (or
> >Carrigaline) and Ballacha in Orrery, co. Cork, Ireland
> >(References: Orpen, 1 (1911): 390-391; 3 (1920): 118, 198, 209-
> >210, 4 (1920):128-129 (chart which incorrectly shows Juliane
> >Fitz Maurice as daughter of Emmeline Longespee); T.W. Moody, et
> >al., eds., A New History of Ireland, 9 (1984): 167 (chart)].
> >
> >Interestingly, Orpen shows that Maud (de Prendergast) Fitz
> >Maurice's paternal grandmother was Maud, daughter of Robert de
> >Quincy (died 1172-3), constable of Ireland, by a daughter of
> >Richard de Clare ("Strongbow"), Earl of Pembroke. So, it would
> >appear that Maud de Prendegast has some rather illustrious
> >ancestry in her background, descending from the English Quincy
> >and Clare families.
> >


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