10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EDGAR ATHELING»
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An historical account of the ancient town and port of ...
and Morcar, who had fled to London, with the remainder of their broken army,
took the lead on the occasion; in concert with Stigand, archbishop of Canterbury,
they proclaimed Edgar Atheling, the only heir of the Saxon line, to be king.
William Watson (F.A.S.), 1827
2
The Struggle for Mastery: Britain, 1066-1284
Most dangerous of all, Edgar Atheling, with succour and support from King
Malcolm of Scotland, now revived his claims to the throne. In his first response, in
1068, William marched north, building castles as he went at Warwick (where
Edwin ...
3
Historical pictures, England
The English were weary of their unquiet state, and knew that Edgar Atheling, who
was heir to the throne, was unfit to resist the Danes or the Normans, and they
therefore were not very unwilling to let Duke William be king. William's army ...
4
A History of the Crusades
On 4 March a fleet manned by Englishmen and commanded by the exiled
claimant to the throne, Edgar Atheling, sailed into St Symeon. It brought pilgrims
from Italy, but had called on its way at Constantinople, where Edgar had joined it,
...
5
The Penny cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of ...
The English education of that king at the court of the Confessor, his marriage with
Margaret, the sister of Edgar Atheling, and the Norman conquest of England,
which happened in the early part of his reign, all cooperated to make himself and
...
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), 1841
6
The Norman Conquest: England After William the Conqueror
All of the heirs to the greatest families, including Edwin, Morcar, Harold's sons,
Waltheof, and Edgar Atheling, were young and inexperienced, and their interests
must often have clashed. Moreover, Edgar Atheling, the most legitimate rival to ...
7
Pictorical History of England
Edgar, Atheling, grandson of Edmund Ironside, and his sisters Christina and
Margaret, i. 181. Is proclaimed king by the Witan, 1066 ; 360. Goes on a
deputation to William, 361. William confirms to him the earldom of Oxford, 362.
He flies to ...
George Lillie Craik, 1850
8
The Crawfurd Peerage: With Other Original Genealogical, ...
As the King of Scotland had espoused the cause of his brother-in-law, Edgar
Atheling, and was very desirous of obtaining the restoration of this exiled prince
to the throne of his ancestors; it drew upon him the resentment of William the
Norman ...
9
Index to the Pictorial history of England: forming a ...
His second son,Edward theMartyr,succeeds to Edgar in975; 174. Edgar, Atheling
, grandson of Edmund Ironside, and his sisters Christina and Margaret, i. 181. Is
proclaimed king by the Witan, 1066 ; 360. Goes on a deputation to William, 361.
Hans Claude Hamilton, 1850
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The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the ...
The Danes under Osbeoni invade England ; land at the Ouse ; are joined by
Edgar Atheling; they besiege York; the Normans burn the city and cathedral, and
3000 of them are destroyed . . . . . 371 William retakes York, and Edgar flies again
to ...
George Lillie Craik, Charles McFarlane, Hans Claude Hamilton, 1841
