Alboynus son of King Harold

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Alboynus son of King Harold

Legg inn av mike » 04 aug 2006 17:06:17

hi

Has anyone heard of Alboynus a son of Harold II of England? It sounds
like a norman name rather than saxon. I came across it in a french
guide about the Abbey of Conques in south west france, which says he
visited it on the way back as a pilgrim and helped restore its
property. The only reference was to an author called Desjardins, 15,
p19. I thought that Harolds children became pirates and perished
miserably. Did he perhaps have other illegitimate children from when he
was captured in Normandy or Aquitaine?

Mike

Todd A. Farmerie

Re: Alboynus son of King Harold

Legg inn av Todd A. Farmerie » 08 aug 2006 16:34:44

mike wrote:
hi

Has anyone heard of Alboynus a son of Harold II of England? It sounds
like a norman name rather than saxon. I came across it in a french
guide about the Abbey of Conques in south west france, which says he
visited it on the way back as a pilgrim and helped restore its
property. The only reference was to an author called Desjardins, 15,
p19. I thought that Harolds children became pirates and perished
miserably. Did he perhaps have other illegitimate children from when he
was captured in Normandy or Aquitaine?

I know of no evidence for such a son - he probably originated in the
mind of a local priest, wishing to spice up the history of his abbey.

taf

Gjest

Re: Alboynus son of King Harold

Legg inn av Gjest » 08 aug 2006 21:33:09

mike wrote:
hi

Has anyone heard of Alboynus a son of Harold II of England? It sounds
like a norman name rather than saxon.

It doesn't look either Norman nor Saxon to me.

Searle (Anglo-Saxon Bishops Kings and Nobles) lists:

Godwine
Eadmund
Magnus
Gytha = (a. 1087) Wladimir of Novogorod
Gunhild
Ulf or Harold ?twins

Whether any of these were legitimate is now impossible to determine.
Harold seems to have had two wives living at the same time. Most of his
children were produced by Eadgyth Swanneshals, who is said to have been
the only person who could identify his body after the Battle of
Hastings. But he was also married in 1066 to Ealdgyth of Mercia, widow
of Gruffydd of Gwynedd (he was killed in 1063). The situation may the
the same as with the marriages of Cnut the the Great, who didn't allow
the fact that he was already married prevent him from marrying a royal
widow when he became king.

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