Henry fitzGerold

Henry fitzGerold (sometimes Henry Fitz Gerald died c. 1174) was a 12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman and government official.

Early life FitzGerold was probably the son of Robert fitzGerald, an Essex landowner.

Career FitzGerold was the steward to Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex, from around 1154, as well as holding land worth 4 knight's fees from Mandeville. From 1158 to 1170 he was chamberlain to Henry II, succeeding his brother Warin. Henry's share amounted to more than 50 knight's fees in Essex in 1166. and was survived by Matilda and his sons. He was buried at Reading Abbey. Besides grants to Reading, he had also given gifts to Southwark Priory and to the cathedral chapter of Rochester Cathedral.

FitzGerold's eldest son Warin inherited the majority of his father's estates. Warin married Alice de Courcy. Warin's daughter Margaret married Baldwin de Redvers, and their son was Baldwin de Redvers, the sixth Earl of Devon. The younger Henry married Ermentrude Talbot and became prominent in the service of William Marshall, the first Earl of Pembroke.