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] His English name 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.