Edgar the Atheling

Edgar II Ætheling
Edgar, from an illuminated tree of the family of Edmund Ironside
King of England (disputed)
Reign	15 October – 10 December 1066
Predecessor	Harold II
Successor	William I
Born	c. 1051[1] Hungary
Died	1126 (aged 74–75)[1]
House	House of Wessex
Father	Edward of England
Mother	Agatha

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

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Geoffrey Treasure, Ian Dawson, Who's who in British History, Volume 1 (London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998), p. 393
2. ↑ "Atheling" means "prince of the royal family"