Thank you so much to everyone who has responded to my query!!! On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 7:37 PM, CE WOOD <wood...@msn.com> wrote:
> 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 ... > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > >
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