http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha,_wife_of_Edward_the_ExileAgatha was the wife of
Edward the Exile (heir to the throne of
England) and mother of
Edgar Ætheling,
Saint Margaret of Scotland and
Cristina of England. Her antecedents are unclear, and subject to much speculation.
Nothing is known of her early life, and what speculation has appeared is inextricably linked to the contentious issue of Agatha's paternity, one of the unresolved questions of medieval
genealogy. She came to England with her husband and children in 1057, but she was widowed within weeks of arriving. Following the
Norman conquest of England, in 1067 she fled with her children to
Scotland, finding refuge under her future son-in-law
Malcolm III. While one modern source indicates that she spent her last years as a nun at
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, dying before circa 1093
[1],
Simeon of Durham [1] carries what appears to be the last reference to her in 1070.
[2]