Prince Edward the Atheling
- Born: 1016, Wessex, England
- Marriage: Agatha Liudolfing in Hungary
- Died: 1057, London, England at age 41
 General Notes:
Event: Edward Exile AKA
Born: Abt 1016
Marriage: Agatha in Hungary
Died: 1057 about age 41
General Notes:
Aetheling Also spelled ATHELING, OR ETHELING, in Anglo-Saxon England, generally any person of noble birth. Use of the term was usually restricted to members of a royal family, and in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle it is used almost exclusively for members of the royal house of Wessex. It was occasionally used after the Norman Conquest to designate members of the royal family--e.g., William the Aetheling, son and heir of King Henry I. The earlier part of the word formed part of the name of several Anglo-Saxon kings--e.g., Aethelbert, Aethelwulf, Aethelred--and was used obviously to indicate their noble birth. ____________________________________ Edward the Exile (died 1057), son of King Edmund Ironside and of Ealdgyth, gained the name of "Exile" from his life spent mostly far from the England of his forefathers. When only a few months old, he was sent by the usurper Canute to be murdered in Denmark, rather than on English soil. Instead, he was secretely brought to Kiev and then made his way to Hungary. On hearing the news of his being alive, Edward the Confessor recalled him to England and made him his heir. His death within days after return to England caused a succession dispute that ultimately led to the Norman Conquest of England. The paternity of his wife Agatha is debated: the medieval sources agree that she was a sister of Hungarian Queen, and disagree as to other details. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Florence of Worcester's "Chronicon ex chronicis" describe Agatha as a blood relative of the "Emperor Henry". Her rare Greek name was recently interpreted in favour of a different version, expounded by Geoffrey Gaimar and Roger of Howden, that her father was a "Russian king", i.e., Yaroslav the Wise. Their children included Edgar Atheling and Saint Margaret of Scotland.
Edward married Agatha, daughter of Saint Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria, in Hungary.
Edward married Agatha Liudolfing, daughter of Saint Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria, in Hungary. (Agatha Liudolfing was born in 1018 in Bavaria.)
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