Edward Ætheling

Also known as Edward the Exile.

Events

Date of Birth: 1016 or 1017.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated birth date is given by Baldwin, based on the presumption that Ealdgyth was Edward’s mother.

Date of Death: 19 April 1057.

Place of Death: London.

The date is given by Lawson and by Baldwin. The place is given by Baldwin. The death is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (E) s.a. 1057, and by John of Worcester s.a. 1057.

Place of Burial: Saint Paul’s, London.

The place is given by Lawson and by Baldwin.

Relationships

Father: Edmund Ironside (died 1016), king of England.

This relationship is given by Lawson and by Baldwin.

(presumed) Mother: Ealdgyth, widow of the Danelaw thegn Sigeferth.

This relationship is given by Baldwin. Lawson states that Edward was “presumably” from this union.

Spouse: Agatha.

This relationship is given by Lawson and by Baldwin. There has been much discussion about the identity of Agatha, which is summarized on Baldwin’s page for her.

Children:

(The information below comes from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography articles for the children.)

Edgar Ætheling (perhaps 1052 - in or after 1125).

Margaret (died 16 November 1093) married Malcolm III, king of Scots.

Christina became a nun.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Agatha” in The Henry Project. [accessed 8 June 2014]

Baldwin, Stewart. “Eadweard "the Exile"” in The Henry Project. [accessed 8 June 2014]

Barrow, G.W.S. “Margaret [St Margraet (d. 1093)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Hooper, Nicholas. “Christina (fl. 1057-1093)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Hooper, Nicholas. “Edgar Ætheling (b. 1052?, d. in or after 1135)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Lawson, M.K. “Edward Ætheling (d. 1057)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

John of Worcester, Florentii Wigorniensis Monachi Chronicon ex Chronicis (Benjamin Thorpe, ed.) 2 volumes. (London:Sumptibus Societatis, 1848-1849).

“Edward 18” on the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England website. [accessed 8 June 2014]

Plummer, Charles (ed.) Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel: A Revised Text (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892-1899).