Edgar Atheling
Britishnoun
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Poor dear Honor, she never made a greater sacrifice to principle than when she sent her William off to Normandy to summon her Edgar Atheling.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Edgar Atheling, son of Edward the Outlaw, was the only surviving male of the royal line, but he was not old enough to succeed to the throne, and Harold II. accepted the portfolio.
From Comic History of England by Bill Nye
The party of Edgar Atheling prevailed, and he was owned king by the city of London, which even at this time was exceedingly powerful, and by the greatest part of the nobility then present.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
It remained English after the Conquest, for William seems not to have dealt with it and in 1086 the sister of Edgar Atheling became abbess.
From England of My Heart : Spring by Edward Hutton
Malcolm's lawful heirs were thus reduced to the three boys whom their uncle, Edgar Atheling, had received in England.
From Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets by George Reid
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