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Hace 4 días · Edgar (or Eadgar; c. 944 – 8 July 975) was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. He became king of all England on his brother's death. He was the younger son of King Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu.
Hace 2 días · In response to an uprising led by Edgar the Atheling, the young Saxon claimant to the throne, William unleashed a campaign of terror, laying waste to towns and villages across Northumbria. The devastation was so severe that even two decades later, the Domesday Book, a comprehensive census commissioned by William in 1086, revealed the lingering impact on the region‘s population and economy.
Hace 2 días · In 1086 Christine, sister of Edgar Atheling, took the veil at Romsey, as stated in the Saxon chronicle, and became abbess. To the same retreat Christine was followed by her young niece Maud, but she did not take the vows, and became the Queen of Henry I., being married at Martinmas, 1100. (fn. 4)
Basically, there are documents from the mid 1100s that list an Edgar Atheling as a witness (very common for local notables to be witnesses for documents back then). The writer points it out that it is unlikely to be Edgar because he would be over 90 at that point.
Hace 3 días · He left one son, Edgar, surnamed Atheling. Earl Harold's ambition and hopes were revived by prince Edward's death; his son, indeed, inherited all his rights, but he was then so young, that it was no hard matter to supplant him, and he might possibly die before the king.
Hace 4 días · Here, however, there came to meet him Edgar Atheling, Aldred archbishop of York, Earls Edwin and Morcar, and all the chief men of London, 'and then from necessity submitted when the greatest harm had been done; and it was very imprudent that it was not done earlier, as God would not better it for our sins: and they gave hostages and swore oaths to him; and he promised them that he would be a ...
Hace 4 días · King Edgar II the Ætheling c. 1051 –1126 King of England r. 1066: Cristina d. c. 1100 Daughter of Edward the Exile: Saint Margaret of Scotland c. 1045 –1093 Queen of Scotland: Malcolm III c. 1031 –1093 of Scotland King of Scots: Gytha of Wessex d. 1098 /1107 One of several Daughters of King Harold Godwinson: Gunhild of Wessex
