Walter Devereux (born 1173)
| Walter Devereux (born 1173) | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1173 |
| Died | about 1197 |
| Spouse(s) | Cecilia de Longchamp |
| Issue | |
| Father | John Devereux (died 1187) |
Walter Devereux was an Anglo-Norman nobleman living during the reign of king Henry II of England and Richard I of England. The Devereux, along with the Baskervilles and Pichards, were prominent knightly families along the Welsh marches during the twelfth century, and linked to William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and the Braose and Lacy lordships of the region. William Devereux's descendants would later give rise to the Devereux Viscounts of Hereford and Earls of Essex.
Walter Devereux is descended from William Devereux who held land in Hereford and Gloucester at Domesday in 1086.
William’s son, Walter Devereux of Lyonshall, gained control of Lyonshall Castle as the caput of the Devereux’s marcher lordship. With the exile of Roger de Lacy in 1085, Walter of Lyonshall joined the retinue of Bernard de Neufmarché, Lord of Brecon.
On the death of Bernard about 1125, another Walter Devereux, son of Walter of Lyonshall, joined the retinue of Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford. Taking advantage of the civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda, this Walter Devereux increased his autonomy. Walter probably was present at the Battle of Lincoln, and the Rout of Winchester with the earl of Hereford. A supporter of the Empress Maud, he was rewarded when her son, Henry II, finally took the throne. With the extinction of the male line of the earls of Hereford in 1155, Walter Devereux and his son, John, joined the retinue of Humphrey II de Bohun, Lord of Trowbridge.
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