 1015 - 1057 (41 years)
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| Name |
Edward Ætheling |
| Title |
the Exile |
| Birth |
15 Oct 1015 |
Devon, England, United Kingdom |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
From 1016 to 1028 |
Ipolydamásd, Pest, Hungary |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Burial |
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England, United Kingdom |
| 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 d. 30 Nov 1016, London, Middlesex, England (Age 28 years) |
| Mother |
Ealdgyth, b. 995, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom d. 30 Nov 1016, London, Middlesex, England (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 d. 16 Nov 1093, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 48 years) |
| | 2. Christina of Wessex Abbess of Romsey, b. Abt 1047 d. 1093, Romsey Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, England (Age 46 years) |
| | 3. Edgar Ætheling, b. Abt 1051, Hungary d. Aft 1126, French Flanders, France (Age > 76 years) |
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| Family ID |
F14808 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
13 Oct 2023 |
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