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Fitz was a patronymic indicator used in Anglo-Norman England to help distinguish individuals by identifying their immediate predecessors. Meaning "son of", it would precede the father's forename, or l
Coat of arms of the FitzAlan family
Fitzroy (surname)
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Fitzroy, FitzRoy or Fitz Roy is a patronymic surname derived from the Anglo-Norman Fiz "son of" and Roy "king". The name implied the original bearer was a "son of the king".
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…continental title count being the equivalent of the English earl), while several illegitimate children of the Norman and early Angevin kings were called fitz Roy, which means "son of the king" in Anglo-Norman French. Some examples being Henry fitz Roy, son of Henry I, and Richard fitz Roy, son of king John. As…
"Roy" Edward III, Bruges Garter Book.