George, son of Andrew I of Hungary explained

George (born before 1050[1] [2] – died after 1060), also called Yourick, was an illegitimate son of Andrew I of Hungary born in the village of Marót (Morouth), according to the Chronica Hungarorum by Johannes de Thurocz.[3] [4] Andrew's mistress gave birth to the child before Andrew's conversion to the Roman Catholic faith, but subsequent Christian marriage to a Russian Orthodox princess rendered the non-Christian children of his first marriage illegitimate under Catholic Canon law, and therefore with no rights to the now Christian Hungarian throne.[5] According to the legend, George's son Maurice sailed for England between 1066 and 77, accompanying the anti-king Edgar Ætheling (who was half-Hungarian), but a storm forced them to land in Scotland, where they intermarried with the royal court and were awarded with an estate by Malcolm III, founding Clan Drummond.[6] Yourick may come from the Slavic name Yury, indicating that he was born in the Kievan Rus' where Prince Andrew was in exile until 1046.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wertner, Pál . Az Árpádok családi története . Pleitz Ferenc Pál Könyvnyomdája . 1892 . . 136 . hu . Family history of the Árpáds.
  2. Book: Pallas nagy lexikona . György . George . https://www.arcanum.com/en/online-kiadvanyok/Lexikonok-a-pallas-nagy-lexikona-2/gy-B59B/gyorgy-B7BE/.
  3. Book: Kristó, Gyula . A történeti irodalom Magyarországon a kezdetektől 1241-ig . Argumentum . 1994 . 9637719857 . 120 . hu . 0075-0840.
  4. Book: Kubinyi, András . Törvénytelen gyermekek a magyar középkorban . 1999 . . hu . Illegitimate children in the Hungarian Middle Ages . https://web.archive.org/web/20140829002916/http://www.tankonyvtar.hu/en/tartalom/historia/99-07/ch05.html . 2014-08-29.
  5. Web site: Kanyó . Ferenc . 2022 . Öt törvénytelen gyermek a középkori magyar királyoktól . Five illegitimate children from the medieval Hungarian kings . HelloMagyar . hu.
  6. Book: Wertner, Pál . Az Árpádok családi története . Pleitz Ferenc Pál Könyvnyomdája . 1892 . . 618 . hu . Family history of the Árpáds.

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