Agatha

- Aft 1070

• Name	Agatha
  Gender	Female
  ARRIVED+IN+LONDON+WITH+FAMILY	17 Apr 1057	London, England
  	Agatha's husband Edward, the only living heir to the throne of England, returned to England to take his place as Heir Designate on 17 April 1057. He brought with him from Hungary his wife and children.
  WIDOWED+2+DAYS+AFTER+ARRIVAL	19 Apr 1057	London, England
  	Two days after their arrival in London, Edward suddenly died under 'suspicious circumstances' presumably murdered. His wife and children were strangers in a strange land, having not even met King Edward yet.
  LIVED+AT+COURT+UNDER+PROTECTION+OF+KING+EDWARD	Abt 20 Apr 1057	London, England
  	Edward was dead, his son Edgar became the ?theling, the designated heir, Agatha and her children moved into King Edward's court living under his protection.
  EDWARD+THE+CONFESSOR+DIED	5 Jan 1066	London, England
  	When King Edward died in January of 1066 it was determined that Agatha's son Edgar was till too young to become king.
  SON+EDGAR+VOTED+KING+OF+ENGLAND	Oct 1066	London, Middlesex, England
  	After first deciding Edgar was too young, the Witenagemot voted Edgar as King after the death of King Harold. However, before his coronation they also decided he should submit to William the Conqueror.
  WILLIAM+THE+CONQUEROR+TAKES+THE+THRONE+OF+ENGLAND	25 Dec 1066	London, Middlesex, England
  	After the Battle of Hastings, William of Normandy ascended the throne of England, displacing Agatha's son Edgar.
  SHIPWRECKED+WHILE+FLEEING+WILLIAM+THE+CONQUEROR...this+is+conjecture	1068	Scotland
  	Fled London. Agatha took her family and fled England possibly headed back to Hungary. Fatefully, their ship was wrecked off the coast of Scotland.
  _FSFTID	LY6V-8G3
  Death	Aft 1070
  Person ID	I36490	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family	the Exile Edward Ætheling,   b. 15 Oct 1015, Devon, England, United Kingdom d. 19 Apr 1057, London, Middlesex, England (Age 41 years)
  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)
  Family ID	F14808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023