Eve de Bermingham | |
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suo jure Lady of Offaly | |
Born | Unknown |
Died | Between June 1223/December 1226 Ireland |
Spouse(s) | Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly Geoffrey FitzRobert Geoffrey de Marisco, Justiciar of Ireland |
Issue | Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly, Justiciar of Ireland Robert de Marisco (possibly) Joan du Marais |
Father | Robert de Bermingham |
Mother | Unknown |
Eve de Bermingham, suo jure Lady of Offaly (died between June 1223/December 1226), was a Norman-Irish heiress, being the only child of Robert de Bermingham who was enfeoffed by Strongbow with part of the kingdom of Ui Failghe.[1] This fief became the barony of Offaly which she as the suo jure heiress, passed on to her first husband, Gerald FitzMaurice, who by right of his wife was created the 1st Lord of Offaly. She had a total of three husbands.