George, son of Andrew I of Hungary

George (Hungarian: György) was an illegitimate son of Andrew I.[1][2] George was the son of a non-Christian marriage of Andrew I, to a Hungarian woman, 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. According to the legend George went to Scotland in 1055 and became the first ancestor of the Drummond family.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Gyula Kristó, "A történeti irodalom Magyarországon a kezdetektől 1241-ig / The historical literature in Hungary from the beginnings to 1241", Argumentum, 1994, p. 120, Cited(translation): "He (Andrew I) begat György with one of his lovers who was from Marót village"
  2. ↑ Kubinyi, András: Törvénytelen gyermekek a magyar középkorban. Utódok, örökösök, fattyúk (Illegitimate Children in Medieval Hungary. Offsprings, Successors, Bastards), In: Historia (Budapest) vol. 21, 7 (1999) p. 20-22, Cited(translation): "According to the chronicles, a son (György) was born to him from his lover of Marót village"
  3. ↑ Moravský historický sborník: ročenka Moravského národního kongresu, Moravský národní kongres, 2002, p. 523