Hungarian Scottish skirt (kilt)

[Balaamsass51]

Drummond? Are they Hungarian?

[FossilHunter]

Drummond? Are they Hungarian?

Scotweb has this to say on Clan Drummond's Hungarian connection:

Clan traditions credit the founder of the clan as Maurice of Hungary, a Hungarian prince descended from Arpad, who is said to have accompanied Edgar Ætheling, heir to the English throne, and his sister Saint Margaret of Scotland, when they sailed there in 1066. This disregards accepted history that Edgar and Margaret were brought to England in 1057 by their father, Edward the Exile: Edward died immediately, and his children lived at court with their mother Agatha; Edgar, about thirteen in 1066, was elected king after the battle of Hastings and the death of Harold, but together with the rest of the English government surrendered to William of Normandy at Berkhamsted two months later (December 16th 1066). He first sailed to Scotland, accompanied by his mother Agatha and sisters Margaret and Christian, several years after 1066. In turn Maurice was the son of György, who, according to Europaeische Stammtafeln, went to Scotland in 1055 and became ancestor of the Drummond family. E.S. cites a 1959 work published in Warsaw as the source for this. It has long been asserted that the Drummond family was founded by a Hungarian who returned to Britain with Edward Ætheling, so this may be true. György was an illegitimate son of Andrew I of Hungary.

From: https://www.scotweb.co.uk/info/drummond/

[Kiltedjohn]

Welcome from a Scotsman also living in the English midlands (though the Midlands covers a large area!). Fascinated to read about the Hungarian/Scottish connection.