General Notes

REFN: 2346AN
Alias:<ALIA> The /Exile/
REFN: P2347
Edgar Atheling,or Prince Edgar, son of Edward Atheling, also called Edwa
rd the Outlaw, and grandson of Edmund Ironside, was probably born in Hunga
ry, whither his father and uncle, then children, had been sent after the a
ccession of Canute. He came to England with his father in 1057, but thou
gh he was rightful heir to the throne on the death of Edward the Confesso
r, his claims were passed over. After the fall of Harold a t the batt
le of Hastings, he was actually proclaimed king at London, and appea
rs to have been recognized for some time as such; however, he was one of t
he first to profess submission to the Conqueror, whom in the next ye
ar he followed into Normandy. In 1068 he was in Scotland, and his sister M
argaret was married not long after to King Malcolm. He took part in the in
vasion of England and the storming of York Castle in 1069, and was induc
ed on several occasions subsequently to make rash attempts of a similar ki
nd, followed by formal reconciliation with William. In 1086 he went to Ita
ly, and is said to have joined the Norman bands there. In 1098 his nephew
Edgar, with his aid, was rais ed to the Scottish throne. In the civil w
ar between Henry I. and his brother Robert, duke of Normandy, Edgar join
ed the latter, and was captured by Henry at the battle of Tinchebrai in 11
06. The year of his death is unknown.
EDGAR ATHELING (r. Oct-Dec 1066)
Edgar the Atheling was a grandson of Edmund II IronsiDe and a great-grands
on of Ethelred 'The Unready'. After the Norman invasion, he mounted a bri
ef rebellion, wresting control for a short period at the end of 1066, b
ut was later put down by William I.
Edgar was the heir to the Saxon throne in England who went into excile wh
en Canute was crowned King.