The tradition of naming sons of kings "FitzRoy was a combination of the Welsh and French Norman - "fitz" = "son of in Welsh; "roi" = "king" in French. It was used by kings and the surname was "FitzRoy" = "son of the king". It was the way the king acknowledged that the son was his. Earlier, a child was acknowledged by the king only if he physically took the newborn when he was presented to him. Without that acknowledgement, the child had no claim to inheritance. Having a son, illegitimate or not, was essential in medieval times when most infants and children died, to say nothing of the ones who did survive only to die in battle.
Henry I of England, son of William the Conqueror. was a prolific father, with many Welsh mistresses.Among them were: Robert FitzRoy, Baron of Okehampton (~1098 to 5/31/1172) by his mistress Edith ferch (Welsh for "daughter of") Forne. Reginald/Reynold FitzRoy de Dustanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall (~1110 - 7/1/1175) by an unknown mistress. Richard FitzRoy, Lord of Chilham, (~1186-~6/24/1246) was son of John I of England by nis mistress Suzanne de Warrenne. The tradition continued, one of the most famous being Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond, (1519-1536), Henry VIII's only acknowledged and healthy son by Elizabeth Blount. Wikipedia is helpful when correct, but it is very flawed and certainly never a trustworthy source. CE ________________________________ From: LegacyUserGroup <legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com> on behalf of Jenny M Benson <ge...@cedarbank.me.uk> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 2:53 PM To: legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] How best to record less common name formats into my Legacy program On 10-Aug-17 09:42 PM, CE WOOD wrote: > Fitz Alan meant he was the son of Alan. It had nothing whatsoever to do > with legitimacy! > > From Wikipedia: "From the Stuart era (1603–1714) and later, a pseudo-Anglo-Norman usage of Fitz was adopted for younger sons of the British royal family who lacked a legal surname, AND PARTICULARLY FOR illegitimate children of kings, princes, or general upper class men,..." (The capitalisation is mine, for emphasis.) -- Jenny M Benson http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/ JennyGenes Blogs<http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/> jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk I rather enjoyed myself the other day when my sister asked me for help to solve a little puzzle. It's always a good feeling when one can find the solution to a little ... -- LegacyUserGroup mailing list LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com LegacyUserGroup - Legacy Family Tree Genealogy Software<http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com> legacyusers.com This list is a mailing list for all of our Legacy users to share ideas and to help each other. Once you have subscribed to this mailing list you will be able to send ... Archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ legacyusergroup - The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/> www.mail-archive.com Messages by Thread [LegacyUG] Find - Modified Date Ian Thomas. Re: [LegacyUG] Find - Modified Date Denise Moss-Fritch [LegacyUG] Problem opening, backing up Legacy ...
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