Edgar the atheling biography of martin

Edgar the Aethling (or Edgar Ætheling) c. 1052 – 1125 or after,^[1]) was a claimant to the throne of England in 1066 after Edward the Confessor died.^[2] 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. When Edgar was five, his father, Edward the Exile returned to England from Hungary.

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He had been exiled from England during the Viking reign. Soon after returning, Edgar’s father died under mysterious circumstances.

Kingship of England

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Edward the Confessor, who had no children, had promised the throne to his nephew Edward the Exile, his nearest living relative.^[3] In 1057, the king's messengers found Edward The Exile, his wife Agatha, their two daughters and son Edgar living in Hungary.^[4] Edward agreed to return to England and brought his family.

But a few days after their arrival