Individual Details
Edward "The Exile," Prince of England
(1016 - 19 Apr 1057)
Edward was called "The Exile." He was King of England from 1042-66. He succeeded to the throne mostly through the help of Godwin, Earl of Wessex. Edward married Godwin's daughter, Edith, but soon gave his favor to Godwin's enemies who harrassed Godwin and even had him exiled for a time. But Godwin's popularity effected a reconciliation about 1052. Godwin's son, Harold ll, became one of Edward's advisors and another son, Tostig, became his favorite. In 1055, Edward made Tostig Earl of Northumbria, but the Earl's rule was so oppressive that a rebellion broke out 10 years later, and Edward was forced to exile him. Edward's health began to fail and he was unable to attend the consecration of Westminister Abbey, which he had founded. He was succeeded by Godwin's son Harold ll, the last Saxon King of England. Less then a century after his death, Edward was canonized.
Edward was called "The Exile." He was King of England from 1042-66. He succeeded to the throne mostly through the help of Godwin, Earl of Wessex. Edward married Godwin's daughter, Edith, but soon gave his favor to Godwin's enemies who harrassed Godwin and even had him exiled for a time. But Godwin's popularity effected a reconciliation about 1052. Godwin's son, Harold ll, became one of Edward's advisors and another son, Tostig, became his favorite. In 1055, Edward made Tostig Earl of Northumbria, but the Earl's rule was so oppressive that a rebellion broke out 10 years later, and Edward was forced to exile him. Edward's health began to fail and he was unable to attend the consecration of Westminister Abbey, which he had founded. He was succeeded by Godwin's son Harold ll, the last Saxon King of England. Less then a century after his death, Edward was canonized.
According to Wikipedia:
Edward the Exile (1016 - 19 April 1057), also called Edward Ætheling, was the son of King Edmund Ironside and of Ealdgyth. He spent most of his life in exile in the Kingdom of Hungary following the defeat of his father by Cnut 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[1][2] (who was either Canute's half-brother or his stepbrother), supposedly with instructions to have the children murdered. Instead, the two boys were secretly sent either to Kiev,[3] where Olof's daughter Ingigerd was the queen, or to Poland, where Canute's uncle Boles³aw I Chrobry was duke.[4] Later Edward made his way to Hungary, probably in the retinue of Ingigerd's son-in-law András, in 1046.
Return
On hearing that Edward was alive, Edward the Confessor recalled him to England in 1056 and made him his heir. Edward the Ætheling 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 childless, 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 both by the 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.
In 1054 King Edward sent Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester, to the court of the German emperor to set in train negotiations with the king of Hungary for the return of Edward the Exile. Ealdred was not at first successful, and Earl Harold Godwinson's journey to Flanders, and possibly on to Germany and Hungary, in 1056 was probably undertaken to further negotiations. The Exile finally arrived in England in 1057 with his wife and children, but died within a few days, on 19 April, without meeting the King. He was buried in Old St Paul's Cathedral.[5]
Family
Edward's wife was named Agatha; her origins are disputed.[6] 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 AD 495, nearly a century after the withdrawal of the Western Roman Empire army legions from Hadrian's Wall, and including Alfred the Great in the English monarchs family tree.[7] 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 (Canute) took the crown and sent Edward into exile.[8]
References
Onslow, Earl of, The Dukes of Normandy and Their Origin, London, 1945, p.161.
Anderson, Alan O.,Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers, 500 to 1286, London, 1908. p.94n.
Anderson and Onslow both say Hungary
MichaelAnne Guido and John P. Ravilious, "From Theophanu to St. Margaret of Scotland: A study of Agatha's ancestry", Foundations, vol. 4(2012), pp. 81-121.
Keynes, Simon (May 1985). "The Crowland Psalter and the Sons of King Edmund Ironside". Bodleian Library Record. 11 (6): 363-364, 369, n. 31.
Lauder-Frost, Gregory M.S., FSA Scot.,"Agatha - The Ancestry Dispute" in The Scottish Genealogist, Edinburgh, Sept 2002, vol.xlix no.3, p.71-2.
Starkey, David (2004). The Monarchy of England: The Beginnings. Chatto and Windus. p. 88.
Ronay 1989, p. 10.
Ronay, Gabriel (1989). The lost King of England: the East European adventures of Edward the Exile. Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, U.S.A.: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-541-3.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Edward was called "The Exile." He was King of England from 1042-66. He succeeded to the throne mostly through the help of Godwin, Earl of Wessex. Edward married Godwin's daughter, Edith, but soon gave his favor to Godwin's enemies who harrassed Godwin and even had him exiled for a time. But Godwin's popularity effected a reconciliation about 1052. Godwin's son, Harold ll, became one of Edward's advisors and another son, Tostig, became his favorite. In 1055, Edward made Tostig Earl of Northumbria, but the Earl's rule was so oppressive that a rebellion broke out 10 years later, and Edward was forced to exile him. Edward's health began to fail and he was unable to attend the consecration of Westminister Abbey, which he had founded. He was succeeded by Godwin's son Harold ll, the last Saxon King of England. Less then a century after his death, Edward was canonized.
Edward was called "The Exile." He was King of England from 1042-66. He succeeded to the throne mostly through the help of Godwin, Earl of Wessex. Edward married Godwin's daughter, Edith, but soon gave his favor to Godwin's enemies who harrassed Godwin and even had him exiled for a time. But Godwin's popularity effected a reconciliation about 1052. Godwin's son, Harold ll, became one of Edward's advisors and another son, Tostig, became his favorite. In 1055, Edward made Tostig Earl of Northumbria, but the Earl's rule was so oppressive that a rebellion broke out 10 years later, and Edward was forced to exile him. Edward's health began to fail and he was unable to attend the consecration of Westminister Abbey, which he had founded. He was succeeded by Godwin's son Harold ll, the last Saxon King of England. Less then a century after his death, Edward was canonized.
According to Wikipedia:
Edward the Exile (1016 - 19 April 1057), also called Edward Ætheling, was the son of King Edmund Ironside and of Ealdgyth. He spent most of his life in exile in the Kingdom of Hungary following the defeat of his father by Cnut 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[1][2] (who was either Canute's half-brother or his stepbrother), supposedly with instructions to have the children murdered. Instead, the two boys were secretly sent either to Kiev,[3] where Olof's daughter Ingigerd was the queen, or to Poland, where Canute's uncle Boleslaw I Chrobry was duke.[4] Later Edward made his way to Hungary, probably in the retinue of Ingigerd's son-in-law András, in 1046.
Return
On hearing that Edward was alive, Edward the Confessor recalled him to England in 1056 and made him his heir. Edward the Ætheling 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 childless, 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 both by the 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.
In 1054 King Edward sent Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester, to the court of the German emperor to set in train negotiations with the king of Hungary for the return of Edward the Exile. Ealdred was not at first successful, and Earl Harold Godwinson's journey to Flanders, and possibly on to Germany and Hungary, in 1056 was probably undertaken to further negotiations. The Exile finally arrived in England in 1057 with his wife and children, but died within a few days, on 19 April, without meeting the King. He was buried in Old St Paul's Cathedral.[5]
Family
Edward's wife was named Agatha; her origins are disputed.[6] 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 AD 495, nearly a century after the withdrawal of the Western Roman Empire army legions from Hadrian's Wall, and including Alfred the Great in the English monarchs family tree.[7] 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 (Canute) took the crown and sent Edward into exile.[8]
References
Onslow, Earl of, The Dukes of Normandy and Their Origin, London, 1945, p.161.
Anderson, Alan O.,Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers, 500 to 1286, London, 1908. p.94n.
Anderson and Onslow both say Hungary
MichaelAnne Guido and John P. Ravilious, "From Theophanu to St. Margaret of Scotland: A study of Agatha's ancestry", Foundations, vol. 4(2012), pp. 81-121.
Keynes, Simon (May 1985). "The Crowland Psalter and the Sons of King Edmund Ironside". Bodleian Library Record. 11 (6): 363-364, 369, n. 31.
Lauder-Frost, Gregory M.S., FSA Scot.,"Agatha - The Ancestry Dispute" in The Scottish Genealogist, Edinburgh, Sept 2002, vol.xlix no.3, p.71-2.
Starkey, David (2004). The Monarchy of England: The Beginnings. Chatto and Windus. p. 88.
Ronay 1989, p. 10.
Ronay, Gabriel (1989). The lost King of England: the East European adventures of Edward the Exile. Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, U.S.A.: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-541-3.
Edward was called "The Exile." He was King of England from 1042-66. He succeeded to the throne mostly through the help of Godwin, Earl of Wessex. Edward married Godwin's daughter, Edith, but soon gave his favor to Godwin's enemies who harrassed Godwin and even had him exiled for a time. But Godwin's popularity effected a reconciliation about 1052. Godwin's son, Harold ll, became one of Edward's advisors and another son, Tostig, became his favorite. In 1055, Edward made Tostig Earl of Northumbria, but the Earl's rule was so oppressive that a rebellion broke out 10 years later, and Edward was forced to exile him. Edward's health began to fail and he was unable to attend the consecration of Westminister Abbey, which he had founded. He was succeeded by Godwin's son Harold ll, the last Saxon King of England. Less then a century after his death, Edward was canonized.
According to Wikipedia:
Edward the Exile (1016 - 19 April 1057), also called Edward Ætheling, was the son of King Edmund Ironside and of Ealdgyth. He spent most of his life in exile in the Kingdom of Hungary following the defeat of his father by Cnut 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[1][2] (who was either Canute's half-brother or his stepbrother), supposedly with instructions to have the children murdered. Instead, the two boys were secretly sent either to Kiev,[3] where Olof's daughter Ingigerd was the queen, or to Poland, where Canute's uncle Boles³aw I Chrobry was duke.[4] Later Edward made his way to Hungary, probably in the retinue of Ingigerd's son-in-law András, in 1046.
Return
On hearing that Edward was alive, Edward the Confessor recalled him to England in 1056 and made him his heir. Edward the Ætheling 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 childless, 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 both by the 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.
In 1054 King Edward sent Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester, to the court of the German emperor to set in train negotiations with the king of Hungary for the return of Edward the Exile. Ealdred was not at first successful, and Earl Harold Godwinson's journey to Flanders, and possibly on to Germany and Hungary, in 1056 was probably undertaken to further negotiations. The Exile finally arrived in England in 1057 with his wife and children, but died within a few days, on 19 April, without meeting the King. He was buried in Old St Paul's Cathedral.[5]
Family
Edward's wife was named Agatha; her origins are disputed.[6] 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 AD 495, nearly a century after the withdrawal of the Western Roman Empire army legions from Hadrian's Wall, and including Alfred the Great in the English monarchs family tree.[7] 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 (Canute) took the crown and sent Edward into exile.[8]
References
Onslow, Earl of, The Dukes of Normandy and Their Origin, London, 1945, p.161.
Anderson, Alan O.,Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers, 500 to 1286, London, 1908. p.94n.
Anderson and Onslow both say Hungary
MichaelAnne Guido and John P. Ravilious, "From Theophanu to St. Margaret of Scotland: A study of Agatha's ancestry", Foundations, vol. 4(2012), pp. 81-121.
Keynes, Simon (May 1985). "The Crowland Psalter and the Sons of King Edmund Ironside". Bodleian Library Record. 11 (6): 363-364, 369, n. 31.
Lauder-Frost, Gregory M.S., FSA Scot.,"Agatha - The Ancestry Dispute" in The Scottish Genealogist, Edinburgh, Sept 2002, vol.xlix no.3, p.71-2.
Starkey, David (2004). The Monarchy of England: The Beginnings. Chatto and Windus. p. 88.
Ronay 1989, p. 10.
Ronay, Gabriel (1989). The lost King of England: the East European adventures of Edward the Exile. Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, U.S.A.: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-541-3.
-- MERGED NOTE ------------
Edward was called "The Exile." He was King of England from 1042-66. He succeeded to the throne mostly through the help of Godwin, Earl of Wessex. Edward married Godwin's daughter, Edith, but soon gave his favor to Godwin's enemies who harrassed Godwin and even had him exiled for a time. But Godwin's popularity effected a reconciliation about 1052. Godwin's son, Harold ll, became one of Edward's advisors and another son, Tostig, became his favorite. In 1055, Edward made Tostig Earl of Northumbria, but the Earl's rule was so oppressive that a rebellion broke out 10 years later, and Edward was forced to exile him. Edward's health began to fail and he was unable to attend the consecration of Westminister Abbey, which he had founded. He was succeeded by Godwin's son Harold ll, the last Saxon King of England. Less then a century after his death, Edward was canonized.
Edward was called "The Exile." He was King of England from 1042-66. He succeeded to the throne mostly through the help of Godwin, Earl of Wessex. Edward married Godwin's daughter, Edith, but soon gave his favor to Godwin's enemies who harrassed Godwin and even had him exiled for a time. But Godwin's popularity effected a reconciliation about 1052. Godwin's son, Harold ll, became one of Edward's advisors and another son, Tostig, became his favorite. In 1055, Edward made Tostig Earl of Northumbria, but the Earl's rule was so oppressive that a rebellion broke out 10 years later, and Edward was forced to exile him. Edward's health began to fail and he was unable to attend the consecration of Westminister Abbey, which he had founded. He was succeeded by Godwin's son Harold ll, the last Saxon King of England. Less then a century after his death, Edward was canonized.
According to Wikipedia:
Edward the Exile (1016 - 19 April 1057), also called Edward Ætheling, was the son of King Edmund Ironside and of Ealdgyth. He spent most of his life in exile in the Kingdom of Hungary following the defeat of his father by Cnut 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[1][2] (who was either Canute's half-brother or his stepbrother), supposedly with instructions to have the children murdered. Instead, the two boys were secretly sent either to Kiev,[3] where Olof's daughter Ingigerd was the queen, or to Poland, where Canute's uncle Boleslaw I Chrobry was duke.[4] Later Edward made his way to Hungary, probably in the retinue of Ingigerd's son-in-law András, in 1046.
Return
On hearing that Edward was alive, Edward the Confessor recalled him to England in 1056 and made him his heir. Edward the Ætheling 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 childless, 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 both by the 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.
In 1054 King Edward sent Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester, to the court of the German emperor to set in train negotiations with the king of Hungary for the return of Edward the Exile. Ealdred was not at first successful, and Earl Harold Godwinson's journey to Flanders, and possibly on to Germany and Hungary, in 1056 was probably undertaken to further negotiations. The Exile finally arrived in England in 1057 with his wife and children, but died within a few days, on 19 April, without meeting the King. He was buried in Old St Paul's Cathedral.[5]
Family
Edward's wife was named Agatha; her origins are disputed.[6] 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 AD 495, nearly a century after the withdrawal of the Western Roman Empire army legions from Hadrian's Wall, and including Alfred the Great in the English monarchs family tree.[7] 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 (Canute) took the crown and sent Edward into exile.[8]
References
Onslow, Earl of, The Dukes of Normandy and Their Origin, London, 1945, p.161.
Anderson, Alan O.,Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers, 500 to 1286, London, 1908. p.94n.
Anderson and Onslow both say Hungary
MichaelAnne Guido and John P. Ravilious, "From Theophanu to St. Margaret of Scotland: A study of Agatha's ancestry", Foundations, vol. 4(2012), pp. 81-121.
Keynes, Simon (May 1985). "The Crowland Psalter and the Sons of King Edmund Ironside". Bodleian Library Record. 11 (6): 363-364, 369, n. 31.
Lauder-Frost, Gregory M.S., FSA Scot.,"Agatha - The Ancestry Dispute" in The Scottish Genealogist, Edinburgh, Sept 2002, vol.xlix no.3, p.71-2.
Starkey, David (2004). The Monarchy of England: The Beginnings. Chatto and Windus. p. 88.
Ronay 1989, p. 10.
Ronay, Gabriel (1989). The lost King of England: the East European adventures of Edward the Exile. Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, U.S.A.: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-541-3.
Events
| Birth | 1016 | England | |||
| Marriage | 1035 | London, England - Agatha | |||
| Death | 19 Apr 1057 | England |
Families
| Spouse | Agatha (1030 - 1070) |
| Child | St. Margaret of England (1045 - 1093) |
| Father | Edmund II "Ironside," King of England (988 - 1016) |
| Mother | Ealgyth (992 - 1016) |
| Sibling | Edward "The Exile," Prince of England (1016 - 1057) |