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http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20&%20Danish%20K ings.htm EDWARD ([1016/17]-London 19 Apr 1057, bur London St Paul's) . Maybe twin with his brother Edmund or, as noted above, born posthumo usly. He is the first prince in the Wessex royal family to have been n amed after his father, which suggests that he may have been born posth umously which could have justified this departure from the normal nami ng practice. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Canute "bani shed [him] into Hungary … [where] he grew up to be a good man" [1] . Orderic Vitalis names "Edward et Edmund" as the two sons of king Edm und II, specifying that King Canute sent them to Denmark to be kille d but that his brother "Suenon [error for Harald] roi de Danemark" sen t them "comme ses neveux en otage au roi des Huns" where Edward "épou sa la fille du roi et regna sur les Huns" [2]. Florence of Worcester s pecifies that the infants were first "sent to the king of the Swedes t o be killed [but the latter] sent them to Solomon King of Hungary to s pare their lives and have them brought up at his court" [3]. Accordin g to Adam of Bremen, the two brothers were "condemned to exile in Russ ia" [4]. Geoffrey Gaimar (in an altogether confusing account) names "L i uns… Edgar… li alters… Edelret" as the children of King Edmund , recounting that they were sent first to Denmark and later to "Russi e [Susie], e vint en terre de Hungrie" [5]. Edward’s life in exile i s discussed in detail by Ronay [6]. Humphreys infers from the chronicl es of Gaimar, Adam of Bremen and Roger of Hoveden that Edward spent so me time at the court of Iaroslav I Grand Prince of Kiev [7]. Assumin g he was in exile in Hungary from childhood, he may have left for Kie v in 1037 with András Prince of Hungary who fled Hungary after the 10 37 disgrace of his father, although this is unlikely for the reasons e xplained above in relation to his brother Edmund. If this is correct , he would have returned with András in [1046/47] when the latter suc ceeded as András I King of Hungary after King Péter Orseolo was depo sed. Aldred Bishop of Worcester, ambassador of King Edward "the Confes sor", "proposed to the emperor to send envoys to Hungary to bring bac k Edward and have him conducted to England" [8], according to Florenc e of Worcester to be groomed to succeed to the English throne [9]. Th e Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Edward died "at London soon afte r his arrival" [10] before meeting his uncle the king and also state s his burial place [11]. [1] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, D, 1057. [2] Ord eric Vitalis I, p. 165. [3] Florence of Worcester, 1017, p. 133. [4 ] ''Adami Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificium ex Recensione Lap penbergii'', MGH SS II, p. 51. [5] Geoffrey Gaimar, lines 4516-17, 45 63-4590, pp. 154, 156-7. [6] Ronay (1989). [7] Humphreys, W. 'Agatha , Mother of St. Margaret: The Slavic versus Salian solutions - a criti cal overview', Foundations: Newsletter of the Foundation for Medieva l Genealogy Vol 1, No 1 (Jan 2003), p. 31, available at <http://fmg.ac /Users/Newsletter/01-01/Contents.pdf> (30 Jul 2003), p. 333, which als o cites Fest, S. (1938) The Sons of Eadmund Ironside (Budapest), the l ast noting the opinion of Karácsonyi in 1928. [8] Florence of Worces ter, 1054, p. 156. [9] Florence of Worcester, 1057, p. 159. [10] Flo rence of Worcester, 1057, p. 159. [11] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, D, 1057 , and E, 1057, the latter mentioning his burial place.