When Marie D'evreux was born about 1303, in Évreux, Eure, Upper Normandy, France, her father, Louis of Évreux, was 28 and her mother, Margaret of Artois, was 19. She married Jan III 'de Triomfator' hertog van Brabant in Brabant, Belgium. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 31 October 1335, in Sint-Kruis, Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium, at the age of 33, and was buried in Brussels, Brabant, Belgium.
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Some characteristic forenames: Irish Dermot, Sean.
English and Irish: of Norman origin, a habitational name for someone from Évreux in Eure, France, with the preposition d(e). See also Everest for the name without the preposition.
History: This was the surname of the Earls of Essex from 1572 to 1641. Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, led an attempted colonization of Ulster, and his son, Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, briefly held the position of lord lieutenant of Ireland in 1599.
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