Edgar Ætheling
disputed King of England
7 dated entries naming Edgar Ætheling, drawn from 7 separate years between 1052 CE and 1126 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
Also written as Edgar Atheling, Edgar the Ætheling in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.
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11th century
- 1052Edgar Ætheling, uncrowned king of England (d. c. 1126) (approximate date)source
- 1066October 15 – Edgar Ætheling is proclaimed king of England (but is never crowned). He is soon forced to submit to the rule of William the Conqueror.source
- 1067Spring – King William I (the Conqueror) returns to Normandy and takes with him Edgar Ætheling (grandson of Edmund Ironside), Archbishop Stigand, and the brothers Morcar and Edwin.source
- 1068Edgar the Ætheling takes refuge with King Malcolm III of Scotland along with Edgar's sister Margaret, who marries King Malcolm.source
- 1073Edgar Ætheling, last male member of the House of Wessex, joins forces with Kings Malcolm III of Scotland and Philip I of France in an attempt to take the English throne.source
12th century
- 1106September 28 – Battle of Tinchebray: King Henry I defeats and imprisons his older brother Robert II, duke of Normandy, in Devizes Castle. Edgar Atheling (uncle of Henry's wife) and the 3-year-old William Clito, son of Robert, are also taken prisoner. Henry places his nephew William in the custody of Helias of Saint-Saens, count of Arques.source
- 1126Edgar the Ætheling, uncrowned king of England (b. c. 1052)source