His surname is said to have had its origin in the village of Aincourt in Normandy on the River Seine between Mantes and Magny.
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Walter's first son, William, died young, while in fosterage at the court of King William II "Rufus", and was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, but his other son Ralph lived to become the second Baron Deincourt; his third son was named Walter.
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