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.)
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Jenny M Benson
http://jennygenes.blogspot.co.uk/
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