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Raymond FitzGerald.
Cambro-Norman commander during the Norman invasion of Ireland
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About Raymond FitzGerald
Raymond Fitz William Fitz Gerald, nicknamed Le Gros, was a Cambro-Norman commander during the Norman invasion of Ireland. Raymond was among the first of a small band of Norman knights who landed on the South coast of Ireland before being reinforced by a larger force led by Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. He was active consolidating Norman rule over Ireland before he retired to his estates in County Waterford where he died in the late 12th century.
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- military personnel
- Citizenship
- Wales, Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1200
- Died
- 1185