Edward the Exile

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Edward the Exile was an Anglo-Saxon prince of the House of Wessex and heir to the English throne who spent most of his life in exile before briefly returning to England shortly before his death.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon prince
heir apparent
member of royalty
associatedWith Kyivan Rus
surface form: Kievan Rus'

Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Hungary
causeOfDeath unknown
child Cristina of England
surface form: Cristina of Wessex

Edgar Ætheling
Margaret of Wessex
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
culture Anglo-Saxon England
dateOfBirth c. 1016
dateOfDeath 19 April 1057
era High Middle Ages
ethnicGroup Germanic peoples
surface form: Anglo-Saxons
father Edmund Ironside
givenName Edward
historicalSignificance key dynastic link between pre-Conquest English kings and later Scottish and English royalty
house House of Wessex
languageSpoken Old East Slavic
Old English
Norse
surface form: Old Norse
mother Ealdgyth
name Edward the Exile self-link
notableEvent exile from England as a child
recall to England by Edward the Confessor
notableFact returned to England shortly before his death
spent most of his life in exile from England
notableFamily House of Wessex
surface form: Wessex dynasty
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England
placeOfBurial St Paul's Cathedral
surface form: Old St Paul’s Cathedral
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld heir to the English throne
relative Edgar Ætheling
Edward the Confessor
Margaret of Wessex
religion Christianity
residence Kyivan Rus
surface form: Kievan Rus'

Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Hungary
sexOrGender male
sibling Edgar Ætheling
spouse Agatha

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Cristina of England father Edward the Exile
Edgar Ætheling father Edward the Exile
Margaret of Wessex father Edward the Exile
Queen Margaret of Scotland father Edward the Exile
subject surface form: St. Margaret of Scotland
Ealdgyth motherOf Edward the Exile
Edward the Exile name Edward the Exile self-link
Agatha notableRelative Edward the Exile
Agatha spouse Edward the Exile
Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile spouse Edward the Exile
Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile spouseOf Edward the Exile