Edgar Atheling: Denied A Throne

The Norman Conquest ended his chances

Edgar Atheling (c.1057-c.1125) was the grandson of Edmund Ironside and great-grandson of Ethelred the Unready. There is some evidence that Edward the Confessor, his great-uncle, intended Edgar to succeed him as king of England in 1066. After the death of Harold II at Hastings he was chosen as king by the remaining English magnates in London, but…