Alexander de Deiville

Brief Life History of Alexander de

When Alexander de Deiville was born about 1242, in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Robert d'Eiville, was 38 and his mother, Dionise Fitzwilliam, was 17.

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Sir Robert d'Eiville
1205–1242
Dionise Fitzwilliam
1227–1242
Alexander de Deiville
1242–

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    Name Meaning

    English (Staffordshire):

    (of Norman origin): habitational name from Déville in Seine-Maritime.

    nickname from Middle English devel ‘devil’ (Old English dēofol). This may have been acquired as a pageant name or as a shortened form of a longer nickname such as that of Robert and William Drepedevel (‘kill the devil’), recorded in the 1301 Subsidy Rolls (Sutton Howgrave, in Kirklington, North Yorkshire).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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