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the Exile Edward Ætheling

the Exile Edward Ætheling

Male 1015 - 1057  (41 years)


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  • Name Edward Ætheling 
    Title the Exile 
    Birth 15 Oct 1015  Devon, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence From 1016 to 1028  Ipolydamásd, Pest, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Lived in the royal court, fostered by King Stephen I from 1016 to 1028. 
    EXILED+FROM+ENGLAND+AS+AN+INFANT Nov 1016 
    King Edmund Ironside died in November 1016 and Cnut became king. Cnut sent Edmund's infant sons, Edmund and Edward to Sweden with orders they be murdered, Edward was but a few months old. Instead the young princes were secretly sent to be fostered by Ki 
    Residence From 1038 to 1057  Baranya, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tradition in Hungary identifies Réka Castle and the estate of Terra Britanorum de Nadasd, in Baranya, as the home of Edward the Exile from about 1038 to 1057. 
    ASSISTED+ANOTHER+EXILED+PRINCE+REGAIN+HIS+THRONE 1046  Esztergom, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this location 
    In 1046 the English princes traveled with Andrew of Hungary, also an exiled prince, back to Hungary, fighting alongside him to regain his throne.  
    GEMOT+APPROVED+EDWARD%27S+RETURN+AS+HEIR 1054 
    The Great Council (Gemot)approved King Edward's proposal of Edward as Heir Apparent. Then all they had to do was find him and convince him.  
    CONVINCED+TO+RETURN+TO+ENGLAND+BY+EDWARD+THE+CONFESSOR 1056  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Having no heir of his own, upon learning Edward still lived, Edward the Confessor convinced him to return to London to be his Heir Apparent. 
    DIED+BEFORE+MEETING+KING+EDWARD 19 Apr 1057  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The Exile finally arrived in England in 1057 with his wife and children, but died within a few days, on 19 April 1057, without even meeting the King. 
    _FSFTID LDZ2-8G7 
    Death 19 Apr 1057  London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial St Paul's Cathedral, London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I36489  My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2023 

    Father King of England Edmund "Ironside",   b. 22 Jul 988, Wessex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1016, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Mother Ealdgyth,   b. 995, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1016, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years) 
    Marriage Abt Aug 1015 
    Family ID F16119  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Agatha   d. Aft 1070 
    Children 
     1. Saint and Queen of Scotland Margaret of Wessex,,   b. 8 Sep 1045, Mecseknádasd, Baranya, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1093, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     2. Christina of Wessex Abbess of Romsey,   b. Abt 1047   d. 1093, Romsey Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
     3. Edgar Ætheling,   b. Abt 1051, Hungary Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1126, French Flanders, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 76 years)
    Family ID F14808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2023