The Norman Family Tancarville and Tankerville
The oldest recorded person with the surname FitzGerald is a Norman baron : Raoul FitzGerald le Chambellan, chamberlain of Normandy and educator of the young William the Conqueror and father of William de Tancarville, chief chamberlain of Normandy and England.
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