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Born | Winchester, Hampshire | 17 January 1016
Died | 19 April 1057 near London | (aged 41)
Burial | 22 April 1057 |
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House | Wessex |
Father | Edmund II of England |
Mother | Ealdgyth |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Edward the Exile (17 January 1016 — 19 April 1057) also known as Edward the Atheling was the heir apparent to the Kingdom of England. He was the oldest child of King Edmund II of England and Ealdgyth. He spent most of his life in exile in Hungary following his father being killed at the Battle of Assandun during Cnut the Great's invasion of England in 1016.