Individual Details
Edward 'the Exile' Atheling
(1010 - 1057)
Edward 'Atheling' was born in 1016, the son of Edmund II Ironside, king of England, and Ealdgyth. After the accession of Knud 'den Store', by the treaty of Olney Knud was charged with the safe-keeping of Edmund and Edward Atheling. However Knud had no intention of raising up future opponents for his own sons. He sent the young Athelings overseas with the intent that they be put to death.
Apparently the two princes were sent to the king of the Swedes ('ad regem Suanorum') with the intent of meeting a swift end, but the Swedish king relented and sent them eastwards. Edward is believed to have lived for a period in Rus. However Poland was the more likely Slavic destination for the Athelings in late 1016 or 1017. The favourable reception the Athelings received in Poland was not what Kud had intended.
Edward is believed to have gone to Hungary in 1046 as part of the army that placed Andras I on the Hungarian throne. By then Edward was married to Agatha, daughter of Mieszko II, king of Poland, and Richeza de Lorraine, and a relative of the Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich III. They had three children of whom only their daughter Margaret would have progeny.
Edward died in 1057 soon after returning to England with his family.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Apparently the two princes were sent to the king of the Swedes ('ad regem Suanorum') with the intent of meeting a swift end, but the Swedish king relented and sent them eastwards. Edward is believed to have lived for a period in Rus. However Poland was the more likely Slavic destination for the Athelings in late 1016 or 1017. The favourable reception the Athelings received in Poland was not what Kud had intended.
Edward is believed to have gone to Hungary in 1046 as part of the army that placed Andras I on the Hungarian throne. By then Edward was married to Agatha, daughter of Mieszko II, king of Poland, and Richeza de Lorraine, and a relative of the Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich III. They had three children of whom only their daughter Margaret would have progeny.
Edward died in 1057 soon after returning to England with his family.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | 1010 | ||||
| Death | 1057 | ||||
| Marriage | Agatha |
Families
| Spouse | Agatha ( - ) |
| Child | St. Margaret of Scotland (1045 - 1092) |