Alboynus son of King Harold

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Alboynus son of King Harold

Legg inn av mike » 02 jul 2007 17:07:56

On Aug 4 2006, 5:06 pm, "mike" <dmike...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
hi

Has anyone heard ofAlboynusa 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

well i reply to my own post! While reading a book about the Bayeux
Tapestry, I saw a reference to an I an old article by W.H Stevenson
in the English Historical Review in 1913, which suggested that
Alboynus was in fact AElfwine a son of Harold Harefoot and Aelfgiva
(seems every royal consort was called Alfgiva in the 1030s). My
original source just said King Harold, and I assumed that it was
Harold Godwinson. Of course there were two Harolds in 11th century
England! Apparently Alboin was regularly used in Norman Latin as a
transliteration of the Anglo saxon name AElfwine (is this true?).
The document in the Conques collection is not a formal charter
but an account how Alboynus son of King Herold and Alveva,
persuaded the local lords of Panat in the Rouergue to rebuild
the church of st.peter near there in 1060 and became prior!
The document was written in the early 12th century according
to the editor Desjardins, so it could be just a fanciful tale.

mike

Peter Stewart

Re: Alboynus son of King Harold

Legg inn av Peter Stewart » 03 jul 2007 00:37:40

On Jul 3, 2:07 am, mike <dmike...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
On Aug 4 2006, 5:06 pm, "mike" <dmike...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

hi

Has anyone heard ofAlboynusa 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

well i reply to my own post! While reading a book about the Bayeux
Tapestry, I saw a reference to an I an old article by W.H Stevenson
in the English Historical Review in 1913, which suggested that
Alboynus was in fact AElfwine a son of Harold Harefoot and Aelfgiva
(seems every royal consort was called Alfgiva in the 1030s). My
original source just said King Harold, and I assumed that it was
Harold Godwinson. Of course there were two Harolds in 11th century
England! Apparently Alboin was regularly used in Norman Latin as a
transliteration of the Anglo saxon name AElfwine (is this true?).
The document in the Conques collection is not a formal charter
but an account how Alboynus son of King Herold and Alveva,
persuaded the local lords of Panat in the Rouergue to rebuild
the church of st.peter near there in 1060 and became prior!
The document was written in the early 12th century according
to the editor Desjardins, so it could be just a fanciful tale.

You can find a full citation for Stevenson's article in EHR and
acquire a copy at

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-8266(191301)28%3A109%3C112%3AAASOKH%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K

Peter Stewart

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