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Name FitzEmpress
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage History, Anglo-Norman
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Meaning & History

Means "son of the empress" in Anglo-Norman French. The three sons of Empress Matilda (1102-1167) were known as Henry FitzEmpress (King Henry II of England), Geoffrey FitzEmpress, Count of Nantes, and William FitzEmpress, Count of Poitou.
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