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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 the Witan in 1066 but never crowned.
Edgar The Aetheling was an Anglo-Saxon prince, who, at the age of about 15, was proposed as king of England after the death of Harold II in the Battle of Hastings (Oct. 14, 1066) but instead served the first two Norman kings, William I, Harold’s conqueror, and William II.
Edgar the Aethling (or Edgar Ætheling) c. 1052 – 1125 or after,) was a claimant to the throne of England in 1066 after Edward the Confessor died. Edgar was a popular choice among the English, because he was English and a grandson of Edmund Ironside. Edgar was born in Hungary: his father was in exile there.
Edgar Atheling, the last surviving male member of the ancient Royal House of Wessex, was born in Hungary circa 1051. Edgar's father, 'Edward the Exile' was the eldest son of Edmund II known as 'Ironside', and grandson of Ethelred II 'the Redeless'.
Edgar the Atheling. (c. 1052—1125) prince. Quick Reference. ( c. 1052– c. 1125), a grandson of *Æthelred the Unready, was proclaimed king by the English gathered in London after the battle of Hastings. His claims to the succession were brushed aside by William the Conqueror.
Jul 10, 2024 · The resistance of the English nobility to the Norman Conquest made a large contribution to its own eclipse, but it is rarely that we are afforded a glimpse of the fortunes of an individual. The historian may, however, dwell in some detail on the career of one man, Edgar the Ætheling.
Jun 28, 2017 · Edgar Atheling (r. Oct - Dec 1066) Edgar the Atheling was a grandson of Edmund II Ironside and a great-grandson of Ethelred 'The Unready'. After the death of Harold at the Battle of Hastings, the Witan elected Edgar, the last of the line of Cerdic, as King.
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