Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Fitzroy was born in 1190, in Chilham Castle, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, John King of England, was 24 and his mother, Adela de Warenne, was 27. He married Rohese de Dover about 1219, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 24 June 1246, in Chilham Castle, Kent, England, at the age of 56, and was buried in Chilham, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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- Richard FitzRoy, "Find A Grave Index"
- The Peerage
- Britains's Royal Families : the complete genealogy by Weir, Alison
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1215 · Magna Carta
King John of England agreed to a charter of rights called the Magna Carta. The document was originally drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to establish peace between King John and a group of rebel barons. The Magna Carta was completed in 1215 and is now considered to be one of the greatest constitutional documents of all time.
1224 · France Declares War on England
France declared war on England as Louis VIII of France attacked Poitou and northern Gascony.
Name Meaning
English: from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’ (from Latin filius), used originally to distinguish a son from a father bearing the same personal name and then conventionalized as a hereditary surname, or short for a surname of which fiz ‘son’ was the first element, for example Fitzhenry and Fitzroy .
Altered form of English Fitch .
German: from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Vinzenz (see Vincent ) or Vitus (see Vito , compare Veit ). Compare also Fietz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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