George (Hungarian: György, Latin: Georgium, 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 (Hungarian: Móric) 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.[2][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.

References

  1. ↑ Wertner, Pál (1892). Az Árpádok családi története [Family history of the Árpáds] (in Hungarian). Nagybecskerek: Pleitz Ferenc Pál Könyvnyomdája. p. 136.
  2. 1 2 "György" [George]. Pallas nagy lexikona.
  3. ↑ Kristó, Gyula (1994). A történeti irodalom Magyarországon a kezdetektől 1241-ig (in Hungarian). Argumentum. p. 120. ISBN 9637719857. ISSN 0075-0840.
  4. ↑ Kubinyi, András (1999). Törvénytelen gyermekek a magyar középkorban [Illegitimate children in the Hungarian Middle Ages] (in Hungarian). Budapest. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ↑ Kanyó, Ferenc (2022). "Öt törvénytelen gyermek a középkori magyar királyoktól" [Five illegitimate children from the medieval Hungarian kings]. HelloMagyar (in Hungarian).
  6. ↑ Wertner, Pál (1892). Az Árpádok családi története [Family history of the Árpáds] (in Hungarian). Nagybecskerek: Pleitz Ferenc Pál Könyvnyomdája. p. 618.
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