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Edgar Ætheling
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disputed King of England
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Edgar Ætheling was a male member of the House of Wessex, born in 1050 in the Kingdom of Hungary. He was the son of Edward the Exile and Agatha, and had siblings Cristina and Saint Margaret of Scotland. Edgar held the noble title of prince and worked as a feudatory.
He died in England. His life included participation in the Battle of Tinchebray. Edgar Ætheling is described in several historical sources, including the Nordisk familjebok, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Edgar Ætheling is referenced by 332 other articles, and connects out to Henry I of England, Harold Godwinson and William II of England.
Vinony files it under 1050s births, 1120s deaths and 11th-century English monarchs.
Its subject is documented across 48 Wikipedia language editions.
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
Biografia de Edgar Atheling o Aetheling
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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
- Noble title
- prince
- Conflict
- Battle of Tinchebray
- Image
- Edgar the Ætheling.jpg
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- date of death
- 1125-01-01
- date of birth
- 1050-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- Edgar Ætheling
- Commons category
- Edgar Ætheling
- described at URL
- www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/e/edgar_atheling.htm
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Encyclopedic overview
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edgar Ætheling” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.