Adam FitzRoy (c. 1307 - 18 September 1322) was an illegitimate son of King

Edward II of England Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir apparent to ...

. The identity of Adam's mother is not known. He accompanied his father in the Scottish campaigns of 1322, and died shortly afterwards on 18 September 1322. Adam is named as ''Ade filio domini Regis bastardo'' ("Adam, bastard son of the lord king") in Edward II's Wardrobe account of 1322. Between 6 June and 18 September that year, Adam was given a total of thirteen pounds and twenty-two pence to buy himself "equipment and other necessaries" (''armatura et alia necessaria'') to take part in Edward's Scottish campaign that autumn. This suggests he was somewhere in his teens, born between about 1303 and 1309. The money was paid in five instalments, either to Adam directly or to his 'magister' (tutor)

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. Adam died during the campaign, of unknown causes, and was buried at

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on 30 September 1322; his father paid for a silk cloth with gold thread to be placed over his body. No other references to him have yet been discovered.

Sources

* Seymour Phillips, ''Edward II'' (2010), pp. 102, 428–9 * F.D. Blackley, "Adam, the bastard son of Edward II", ''Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research'', xxxvii (1964), pp. 76–7. * British Library Stowe MS 553. 1300s births 1322 deaths Illegitimate children of English monarchs 14th-century English people Year of birth unknown Edward II of England Sons of kings {{UK-royal-stub