Edgar Ætheling
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Person
- Born
- 1050-00-00
- Died
- 1125-01-01
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression analyses
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- Search and clustering orders of magnitude faster than BLAST
· 2010 · cited 18,767x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
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Key facts
- Dates of claim
- late 1066 and subsequent revolts
- Status
- put forward in London, never crowned or annointed
- Predecessor
- Harold II
- Submitted to
- William I
- Born
- c. 1052 , Kingdom of Hungary
- Died
- in or after 1125
- House
- Wessex
- Father
- Edward the Exile
- Mother
- Agatha
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Key dates
- Born
- 1050
- Died
- 1 January 1125
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edgar
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Place of death
- England
- Father
- Edward the Exile
- Sibling
- Saint Margaret of Scotland
- Occupation
- feudatory
- Family
- House of Wessex
Article
Edgar Ætheling (sometimes referred to as Edgar II) (c. 1052 – 1125 or after) was the last male member of the royal house of Cerdic of Wessex. After the death of Harold II in 1066, Edgar was put forward as king by the Archbishop of York and the leading citizens of London with the support of Earls Edwin and Morcar, but he was never formally anointed. He was one of the English nobles who submitted to William the Conqueror at Berkhamsted. He was later involved in unsuccessful revolts against William. After the last of these, he renounced his English fiefdoms and migrated to Norman Apulia (modern-day Italy) and possibly partook in the First Crusade (or, at least, made pilgrimage to Jerusalem following its conquest). In later life, Edgar was entangled in Norman dynastic struggles before retiring to a quiet life in the countryside.
Family and early life