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Devereux, Devericks, and Devereaux Genealogy

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A Brief History of the Devereux Name and Family

     The family name Devereux (pronounced Deverooks) arose in Normandy, France around 980 AD. It originally was a contraction of the French "de Evreux" which became D'Evreux, and translates to "of Evreux." Evreux is a city located in the Eure, a region of Normandy, and on the road to Paris. The name was first applied to Robert, 2nd son of Richard the Fearless (4th Duke of Normandy). Robert was created the Archbishop of Rouen at a young age, which required his parents to officially marry to establish his legitimacy.  Robert then gained the additional title of Comte (Earl) of Evreux. His descendants would bear the surname of D'Evreux which eventually evolved to Devereux and its later variations.

     The Devereux family passed to England with the Norman conquest.  The elder line retained the title of Earl of Evreux for the next 100 years until the male line failed. The younger line settled on the Welsh border where its descendants remain to this day.

     The Welsh border Devereux's settled at Lyonshall and Bodenham, and other the years gave rise to the Viscounts of Hereford, Earls of Essex, Barons of Whitechurch Maund/Bodenham, Lords of Lower Hayton, and others. This line is also thought to have given rise to the Irish Devereux's by participating in the Norman invasion around 1200, and giving rise to the Lords of Balmagir in Wexford County.

     When the Devereux family was evicted from Normandy, their lands were given to a relative of the French king and gave rise to a second and smaller Devereaux family centered upon France.  Another Jewish family bore the name of Devereux and settled on the Welsh borders at the same time as the conquest, and arose from the Jewish scholar, Moses D'Evreux.