Edgar Ætheling or Edgar II (c. 1052 - 1125 or after) was the last male member of the royal house of Cerdic of Wessex. He was elected King of England by...
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Æthelred the Unready (redirect from Edgar Aetheling the Elder)
are: Æthelstan Ætheling (died 1014); Ecgberht Ætheling (died c. 1005); Edmund Ironside (King of England, died 1016); Eadred Ætheling (died before 1013);...
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until 1097 that Edgar received further support which led to the defeat of Donald and Edmund in a hard-fought campaign led by Edgar Ætheling. Although Geoffrey...
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Ætheling (/ˈæθəlɪŋ/; also spelt aetheling, atheling or etheling) was an Old English term (æþeling) used in Anglo-Saxon England to designate princes of...
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movement, which became dominant during Edgar's reign, and the historian Robin Fleming comments that Edgar ætheling (prince eligible for the throne) was...
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the Normans under William the Conqueror. Edward's young great-nephew Edgar Ætheling of the House of Wessex was proclaimed king after the Battle of Hastings...
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Edward the Exile (redirect from Edward Ætheling)
Edward the Exile (1016 – 19 April 1057), also called Edward Ætheling, was the son of King Edmund Ironside and of Ealdgyth. He spent most of his life in...
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subjugate Northern England, where the presence of the last Wessex claimant, Edgar Ætheling, had encouraged Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian, Anglo-Scandinavian and Danish...
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Edward the Elder (section Ætheling)
princess receiving the same upbringing. As a son of a king, Edward was an ætheling, a prince of the royal house who was eligible for kingship. Even though...
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of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, her brother Edgar Ætheling was elected as King of England but never crowned. After she and her...
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