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Exile of Edgar the Atheling

England · House / House of Wessex. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1057–1069Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1057

Edgar the Atheling1057

House / House of Wessex

The childless King of England, Edmund Ironsides half-brother Edward the Confessor, who had only recently become aware that his nephew was still alive, summoned Edward back to England with his family

1069

Edgar the Atheling1069

Lothian · House / House of Wessex

Forced into exile in Lothian, where his sister Margaret had married Malcolm III

Names involved

Edgar the Atheling

Provenance

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