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D'EVEREUX [DE EWRUS] Walter
Birth: ABT 1033 Rosmar, Normandy
Death: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Notes
ancestry.com
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Walter, according to CP, is a ficticious person, said to be Count of Evreux, based on a
misinterpretation of "l'heureux" meaning "the lucky", also said to be "Earl of Rosmare"
which is a misspelling of Roumare in Normandy. First of all the Normans had Counts,
not Earls, and also the fiefdom of Roumare had no Count. I include this line only
because it is included in some old genealogy lines.
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Todd Farmerie, in his only comment on the Brian Walls pedigree for the Devereux
family, stated that Edward Salisbury's father was Walter de Salisbury (not Walter le
Ewrus, Earl of Rosmar), and that some well meaning genealogist decided Walter was
of Evreux (ie. d'Evreux). This is probably true. However some of the later descendants
of this pedigree (at least by the time of John 1st Baron Devereux of Lyonshall, d. 22
Feb 1392/3), according to reliable sources such as CP, BP, AR, etc., were known as
"Devereux" (an obvious derivitive name of "d'Evreux"). Of course they may not be
descendants of Walter of Salisbury (maybe of some other Walter who was associated
with Evreux) or the "well meaning genealogist" was not a modern person, but someone
of the 13th or 14th century, when the people known as "Devereux" existed.
I maybe should separate Walter de Salisbury from Walter le Ewrus, Earl of Rosmar, as
Walter de Salisbury is a "proven" father of Edward, while the existence of Walter le
Ewrus is in doubt. Although CP, in its description, above, of Walter who was not from
"Evreux", but from Roumare, gives him some substance.
The name Walter de Salisbury (father of Edward of Salisbury) sounds Norman, but
there were Normans in England before the conquest.
Parents
D'EVREUX William (ABT 1010 - )
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Siblings
D'EVEREUX [DE EWRUS] Walter (ABT 1033 - )
Marriage To ----- Philippa (ABT 1038 - )
m.
Notes
Children by ----- Philippa ABT 1038 -
D'EVEREUX Philippa (ABT 1075 - )
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