Aetheling, Edward

Aetheling, Edward

Male 1016 - 1057  (40 years)

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  • Name Aetheling, Edward  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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    of ENGLAND, Edward the Exile
    of ENGLAND, Edward the Exile
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    Christening 1016  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Birth 23 Sep 1016  Kingdom of Wessex (England) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Appointments / Titles England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Prince of England 
    FSID K24W-VR4 
    Death 19 Apr 1057  London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Cause: Possibly murdered 
    Burial Aft 19 Apr 1067  St Paul Cathedral, London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Person ID I25454  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Father of England, Edmund II,   b. 988, Kingdom of Wessex (England) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1016, London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother of England, Queen Ældgyth,   b. 986, Kingdom of Wessex (England) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1024, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Between Jun and Aug 1015  Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Aetheling, Princess of England Agatha,   b. 13 Jul 1024, Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1066, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jul 1040  London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Aetheling, Queen of Scotland and Saint Margaret,   b. 8 Sep 1045, Castle Reka, Mecseknádasd, Baranya, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1093, Edinburgh Castle and Portsburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [natural]
     2. Cerdicing, King Edgar II,   b. 1036, Kingdom of Wessex (England) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1126, London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [natural]
     3. Cerdicing, Princess Christine,   b. 1044, Kingdom of Wessex (England) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Family ID F9308  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 1016 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Sep 1016 - Kingdom of Wessex (England) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointments / Titles - Prince of England - - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Jul 1040 - London, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Possibly murdered - 19 Apr 1057 - London, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft 19 Apr 1067 - St Paul Cathedral, London, London, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Notes 
    • Edward the Exile
      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Edward the Exile, the Outlaw, the Confessor (1016 – late August 1057), also called Edward Ætheling, was the son of King Edmund Ironside and of Ealdgyth. He spent most of his life in exile following the defeat of his father by Canute the Great.

      Exile
      After the Danish conquest of England in 1016, Canute had Edward, said to be only a few months old, and his brother, Edmund, sent to the Swedish court of Olof Skötkonung (who was either Canute's half-brother or stepbrother), supposedly with instructions to have the children murdered. Instead, the two boys were secretly sent either to Kiev, where Olof's daughter Ingigerd was the Queen, or to Poland, where Canute's uncle Bolesław I Chrobry was duke. Later Edward made his way to Hungary, probably in the retinue of Ingigerd's son-in-law, András in 1046, whom he supported in his successful bid for the Hungarian throne.

      Return
      On hearing the news of his being alive, Edward the Confessor recalled him to England in 1056 and made him his heir. Edward offered the last chance of an undisputed succession within the Saxon royal house. News of Edward's existence came at a time when the old Anglo-Saxon monarchy, restored after a long period of Danish domination, was heading for catastrophe. The Confessor, personally devout but politically weak and without children, was unable to make an effective stand against the steady advance of the powerful and ambitious sons of Godwin, Earl of Wessex. From across the Channel William, Duke of Normandy, also had an eye on the succession. Edward the Exile appeared at just the right time. Approved by both king and by the Witan, the Council of the Realm, he offered a way out of the impasse, a counter both to the Godwinsons and to William, and one with a legitimacy that could not be readily challenged.

      Edward, who had been in the custody of Henry III, the Holy Roman Emperor, finally came back to England at the end of August 1057. But he died within two days of his arrival. The exact cause of Edward's death remains unclear, but he had many powerful enemies, and there is a strong possibility that he was murdered, although by whom is not known with any certainty. It is known, though, that his access to the king was blocked soon after his arrival in England for some unexplained reason, at a time when the Godwinsons, in the person of Harold, were once again in the ascendant. This turn of events left the throne of England to be disputed by Earl Harold and Duke William, ultimately leading to the Norman Conquest of England. He was buried in Old St Paul's Cathedral.

      Family
      Edward's wife was named Agatha, whose origins are disputed. Their children were:

      Edgar Ætheling (c. 1051 - c. 1126) - Elected King of England after the Battle of Hastings but submitted to William the Conqueror.
      Saint Margaret of Scotland (c. 1045 - 16 November 1093) - Married King Malcolm III of Scotland.
      Cristina (c. 1057 - c. 1093) - Abbess at Romsey Abbey.
      Edward's grandchild Edith of Scotland, also called Matilda, married King Henry I of England, continuing the Anglo-Saxon line into the post-Conquest English monarchy.

      Ancestors
      Edward the Exile was a direct descendant of a line of Wessex kings dating back, at least on the pages of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, to the arrival of Cerdic of Wessex in 495AD, and from Alfred the Great in the English monarchs family tree. Of his more immediate ancestors, all four of Edward's male-line ancestors shown in the diagram below were Kings of England before Cnut the Great took the crown and sent Edward into exile.

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