Alice DE MONTGOMERY

  General Notes:

Maurice FitzGerald (Lord Llanstephan) is known to have married Alice, a daughter of Arnulf de Montgomery. It has been asserted by eminent authorities that Arnulf left, by his wife, Lafracoth, a daughter, Alice, and that she was later the wife of Maurice FitzGerald, son of Gerald of Windsor. By Maurice, one of the first conquerors of Ireland, who died in 1176, she was the mother of Gerald (died 1205), who laid the fortunes of the FitzGeralds of Kildare. Alice herself was living in 1171, and was then in Ireland with her husband and sons. Maurice FitzGerald, by his wife Alice, had the following children:

Thomas FitzMaurice, Lord O'Connello (d. c.1213)
Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly (b. c. 1150, d. before 15 Jan 1204)
Alexander Fitzmaurice
William Fitzmaurice, Lord of Naas (d. c.1199)
Maurice Fitzmaurice, Lord of Kiltrany
Robert Fitzmaurice
Nest FitzMaurice (m. Hervey de Montmorenci, Constable of England)

Alice married Maurice FITZGERALD , Lord of Maynooth, Naas, and Llanstephan, son of Gerald Fitzwalter DE WINDSOR , Castellan of Pembroke Castle and Nest FERCH RHYS , Princess of Wales. (Maurice FITZGERALD , Lord of Maynooth, Naas, and Llanstephan was born about 1105 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England and died on 1 Sep 1176 in Wexford, Ireland.)