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Tango0109 Sep 2016 12:17 p.m. PST

… the court of Saint Stephen.

"Eadmund Ironside died shortly after his agreement with Canute, King of Denmark, deciding the boundaries of his realm. His decease took place on 30th November 1016. The widowed Queen, Ealdgyth remained behind with her two small sons, Eadmund and Edward. Canute's wicked adviser Eadric, desired to persuade his king to cause the two little orphans also to be put out of the way as their party might cause trouble in the future. Canute, however, was incapable of such an outrage, since after the death of Eadmund Ironside the entire kingdom was already under his sceptre, and he had no wish to sully his name with the blood of children. He dispatched the two boys to Sweden, with the command that the heirs to Eadmund's throne should be killed there. The King of Sweden (Olaf) was a devout Christian, whose soul revolted at the idea of a murder which the formidable Canute himself had found too difficult to undertake. He caused the two small boys secretly to be taken to Hungary, to the court of Saint Stephen. Presumably they were taken through Russia in 1017 or 1018. The chronicles register nothing more concerning Eadmund and Edward for a period of about forty years. We merely know that the King of Hungary received the Anglo-Saxon princes cordially and educated them with deep affection…"
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