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The family held the castle of St. Foy de Montgomery, just south of Lisi e u x [ L i seaux], in France. The village still exists and it was along a r o a d n e a r here that Field Marshall Erwin Rommel was strafed and badly in j u r e d b y Allied fighters in WWII. Falaise, the birthplace of Duke Willi a m , w a s j ust to the west. One legend claims that Gomeric was a Viking, t h e s o n o f I ngvar Ragnarson, the King of East Anglis and Northumberland. G o m e r i c settled in the Calvados area of Normandy and fortified a hill wh i c h g a v e the family its name - Mons Gomerici. Another part of the famil y , s e e k ing deeper roots, claimed the name could be traced back to a Rom a n c o m m ander called Gomericus.
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Aft 927 - Yes, date unknown