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Edward Aetheling 'The Exile' King of England Wessex 1016–1057 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1016

Birth Location: Wessex, Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England

Death Date: August 1057

Death Location: St.paul's Cathedral, England

Father: Edmund, England

Mother: Ealdgyth Morcarson

Spouse(s): Agatha Friesland

Children(s): Saint Canmore, Aethered Aethelreda

The story of Edward Aetheling 'The Exile' King of England Wessex began in 1016 in Wessex, Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England. Edward Aetheling 'The Exile' King of England Wessex married Agatha Von Brunswick Of West Friesland, and had children including Aethered Aethelreda, Saint Margaret Atheling England Atheling Canmore. Edward Aetheling 'The Exile' King of England Wessex passed away in 1057 in St.paul's Cathedral, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Edward Aetheling 'The Exile' King of England Wessex began in 1016 in Wessex, Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England.
  • Edward Aetheling 'The Exile' King of England Wessex married Agatha Von Brunswick Of West Friesland, and had children including Aethered Aethelreda, Saint Margaret Atheling England Atheling Canmore.
  • Edward Aetheling 'The Exile' King of England Wessex passed away in 1057 in St.paul's Cathedral, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund, England
–1016
Birth Location: Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England
EE
Ealdgyth Morcarson
–1016
Birth Location: Wessex,,,England
EM

Spouses(s)

Agatha Friesland
1030–1070
Birth Location: Bavaria, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany
AF

Children(s)

Saint Canmore
1045–1093
Birth Location: Mecsekndasd, Baranya, Hungary
SC
Aethered Aethelreda
1042–1075
Birth Location: Dunbar, East Lothian, , Scotland
AA

Edward Wessex's Ancestors

Self
Edward Wessex
1016–1057
Birth Place: Wessex, Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England
Parents
Edmund, "Ironside", King of England
–1016
Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England
Ealdgyth Morcarson
–1016
Wessex,,,England
Grandparents
Ethelred Unready
–1016
Wessex, England
Ælfgifu (Aelflaed, Queen Consort of) England
1018–1002
Wessex, England
Morcar (High Reeve of) Northumbria
–1051
Wessex Kingdom, , Anglo Saxon, England
Edgitha (Of) England
–1017
, , , England
Great-Grandparents
Edgar England
Aelfthryth Wessex
–1000
Thored Northumbria
Hilda Wessex
Aelfgar Mercia
1002–1059
Elgiva England
1000–1098
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund England
Ælfgifu Shattesbury
Ordgar Ealdorman
Lady Devon
–1000
Leofric DeMercia
–1057
Godgifu DeMercia
–1067
Sigeferth Danelaw
–1016
Ealdgyth Morcarson
–1016

Edward Wessex's Descendants

1.
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Edward (Aetheling 'The Exile' King of England) Wessex (1016–August 1057) m. Agatha (von Brunswick of West) Friesland (1030–1070)
  1. 1. Saint (Margaret Atheling England ATHELING) Canmore 1045–1093 m. Malcolm (III Mael Coluim mac Donnchada King of) Alba 1031–1093
    1. 1. David (I Dabid mac Mail Choluim King of Scotland Saint) Canmore 1084–1153 m. Lady (Matilda Maud, Queen Consort of the Scots, Countess of Huntingdon &) Northumbria 1074–1130
      1. 1. Henry (of Huntingdon Caenmore of Scotland., 3rd Earl of Huntingdon., 3rd Earl of) Northumberland. 1114–1152 m. Countess (Ada Adeline Gundred) DEWARENNE 1120–1178
        1. 1. Marjorie (of) Huntingdon 1152–1213 m. Humphrey (III de) Bohun 1144–1181 m. Gille (Crist Ogilvie, IV Earl of Angus) Angus 1143–1207
        2. 2. David (of Scotland) Huntingdon 1177–1219 m. Lady (Mabel (Countess Meschines) Chester) DeMeschines 1173–1233
        3. 3. Ada (Huntington Scotland Countess) Holland 1139–1204 m. Floris (III Count of) Holland 1141–1190
        4. 4. King (William Canmore I, the Lion King of) Scotland 1143–1214 m. Isabel d'Avenel 1143–1234 m. Ermengarde (De) Beaumont 1165–1233
    2. 2. Alexander ("The Fierce" Caenmor King of) Scotland 1078–1124 m. Sibyl ("Elizabeth" "Beauclerc" Plantagenet Queen of) Scotland 1091–1122
      1. 1. Lady (Aveline De Caenmore, Princess of Scotland, Baroness Saint) Hilary 1109–1132 m. James DeStHilary 1110–1154
        1. 1. Maud (Matilda Countess Arundel DuHarcourt de) StHilary 1132–1193 m. William (of Arundel) D'Aubigny 1138–1193 m. Roger (FitzRichard 2nd Earl of Hertford 3rd Earl of Clare de) CLARE 1116–1173
    3. 3. Queen (Matilda Edith "Princess of Scotland", Queen of England Caenmore of) Dunkeld* 1079–1118 m. Henry (I Beauclerc King of) England 1068–1135
      1. 1. Empress (Matilda Princess of England and Scotland (Maud Augusta)) Beauclerc 1102–1169 m. Geoffrey (V Count of Anjou) Plantagenet 1113–1151
        1. 1. Henry (II Curtmantle King of England) Plantagenet 1133–1189 m. Eleanor ('Queen Consort Of England' De) Aquitaine 1122–1204 m. Ida (Plantagenet (Mistress HenryII) Countess Norfolk de) Tosny 1154–1224
  2. 2. Aethered Aethelreda 1042–1075 m. Gospatrick (of Northumberland 1st Earl of) Dunbar 1040–1075
    1. 1. Gospatrick (of) Northumberland –1138
      1. 1. Juliana (De) Dunbar 1135–1160 m. Ralph (De) Merlay 1115–1160
        1. 1. Sir (Roger Baron Morpeth De) Merlay 1140–1188 m. Lady (Alice Countess Morpeth De) Stuteville 1144–1202
    2. 2. Waltheof (MacCrinan "Lord Allerdale" of) Dunbar 1062–1138 m. Sigrid (or Sigarith of) Allerdale 1075–1126
      1. 1. Gunnild (MacCrinan) Dunbar 1134–1166 m. Uchred (MacFergus Lord Constable of Scotland(Earl of Galloway)) DeGalloway 1118–1174
        1. 1. Sir (Roland\Rongvald Lochlann, Constable of Scotland,Lord) Galloway 1150–1206 m. Lady (Elena\Helena De Morville, Lady) Galloway 1150–1217

Edward Wessex's Timeline

2 Records

1016
1016
Birth of Edward Aetheling 'The Exile' King of England Wessex in Wessex, Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England
Wessex, Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England
1057
August 1057
Age 41
Death of Edward Aetheling 'The Exile' King of England Wessex in London, London, England
London, London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1016
    Event Place: Wessex, Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: August 1057
    Event Place: London, London, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: St.paul's Cathedral, England
    Record Source: Millennium File
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