Maurice FitzGerald, 14th Knight of Kerry
Sir Maurice FitzGerald, 14th Knight of Kerry (died 1729) was the 14th Knight of Kerry. He fought for James II in the Williamite War in Ireland but then became a Protestant. religion. Birth and origins. Maurice was the eldest son of Sir John FitzGerald and his wife Honora O'Brien. His father was the 13th Knight of Kerry. His mother was a daughter of Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare. Both parents were Catholic. Williamite War. FitzGerald fought for James II in the Williamite War in Ireland (1688–1691) alongside his brothers John, Daniel, and Thomas. Marriage  and children. On 30 June 1703 FitzGerald married Elizabeth Crosbie, second daughter of David Crosbie (died 1717), of Ardfert Abbey, High Sheriff of County Kerry, by his wife Jane Hamilton, daughter of William Hamilton of Liscloony, County Offaly. His wife was a Protestant and the sister of Maurice Crosbie, 1st Baron Brandon. Maurice and Elizabeth had three sons of whom: —and nine daughters, known as the "Nine Geraldines", of whom: Their daughters married into the Herberts (twice), Merediths (twice), Sandes', Creaghs, Stacks, Hewsons, Collis', Rices and Days. Their children were raised as Protestants. In 1708 FitzGerald conformed to the established  religion. His marriage, and the subsequent marriages of his children further alienated the Knights of Kerry from the local Catholic populace. FitzGerald became Deputy Lieutenant of Kerry. Death. FitzGerald died at Ballinruddery Castle, near Listowel, on 9 December 1729. Their daughters married into the Herberts (twice), Merediths (twice), Sandes', Creaghs, Stacks, Hewsons, Collis', Rices and Days.