Sansfoy, Sansjoy

Sansfoy, Sansjoy, and Sansloy,
three brothers in Spenser's Faerie Queene (i. ii. 25 et seq.). Sansfoy (‘faithless’) is slain by the Redcrosse Knight , who also defeats Sansjoy (‘joyless’), but the latter is saved from death by Duessa . Sansloy (‘lawless’) carries off Una and kills her lion (i. iii). This incident is supposed to refer to the suppression of the Protestant religion in the reign of Queen Mary .