Edward Atheling (1016-1057)
son of Edmund II *Ironside*, King of the English
and Ealdgyth
Born 1016
Died 1057 London
Married Agatha
King Cnut had sent this aetheling away into Hungary to betray, but he
there grew to be a great man, as God granted him and became him well, so
that he won the emperor's relative for wife, and by her bred a fine family;
she was called Agatha. We do not know for what cause it was arranged that
he might not see his relative King Edward. Alas! that was a cruel fate,
and harmful to all this nation, that he so quickly ended his life after
he came to England, to the misfortune of this wretched nation.
"The Worcester Manuscript".
Source: Leo van de Pas
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