Edgar Atheling
Britishnoun
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She must have died before 1068 when Malcolm Canmore married Margaret, daughter of Edward Atheling, sister of Edgar Atheling.
From Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns by Gray, James
And as Edgar Atheling stood in the outer court, with lofty head and noble thoughtful face, pure-complexioned and high-browed, each who beheld him felt that there stood a king of men.
From More Bywords by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Into this Edgar Atheling rode with his armed train, and as they entered, some strange expression in the faces of the porters and guards met them.
From More Bywords by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Edgar Atheling, grandson of Edmund Ironside and son of Edward the Outlaw, was born in Hungary, where his father had been conveyed in infancy to escape the designs of Canute.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
Upon the death of Edward the Confessor, the claimants to the throne were Harold, the son of Godwin, and William of Normandy, both ignoring the claims of the Saxon heir apparent, Edgar Atheling.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry
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