Edgar Ætheling

Edgar Ætheling
Edgar, from an illuminated tree of the family of Edmund Ironside
King of the English (aspirant)
ReignAfter 14 October – early December 1066
PredecessorHarold II
SuccessorWilliam I
Bornc. 1052
Kingdom of Hungary
Diedin or after 1125
HouseWessex
FatherEdward the Exile
MotherAgatha

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.

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