Notizen zu dieser Person
1 NAME The /Exile/
2 GIVN The
2 SURN Exile
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1 _UID 55DC4075714A304681C57C932D233CA8A0E4
Edgar Atheling, or Prince Edgar, son of Edward Atheling, also calledEdward theOutlaw,andgrandson of Edmund Ironside, was probably born inHungary,whitherhisfather and uncle, then children, had been sent aftertheaccessionofCanute. He came to England with his father in 1057,butthough hewasrightful heir to the throne on the death of EdwardtheConfessor,hisclaims were passed over. After the fall of Harold atthebattleofHastings, he was actually proclaimed king at London, andappearstohavebeen recognized for some time as such; however, he was oneofthefirstto profess submission to the Conqueror, whom in the nextyearhefollowedinto Normandy. In 1068 he was in Scotland, andhissisterMargaret wasmarried not long after to King Malcolm. He took partintheinvasion ofEngland and the storming of York Castle in 1069,andwasinduced onseveral occasions subsequently to make rash attemptsofasimilar kind,followed by formal reconciliation with William. In1086hewent to Italy,and is said to have joined the Norman bands there.In1098his nephewEdgar, with his aid, was raised to the Scottish throne.Inthecivil warbetween Henry I. and his brother Robert, duke ofNormandy,Edgarjoinedthe latter, and was captured by Henry at the battleofTinchebraiin1106. The year of his death is unknown.
Thomas
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