Edgar Atheling
Britishnoun
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Edgar Atheling himself, dreading the insidious caresses of William, was persuaded by Cospatric, a powerful Northumbrian, to escape with him into Scotland; and he carried thither his two sisters, Margaret and Christina.
From The History of England, Volume I by Hume, David
The person to whom the crown should have gone was Edgar Atheling, son of Edward the Outlaw, and a lineal descendant of Ironside.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various
We find Edgar Atheling, real heir to the throne, retaining a small estate; but he was a feeble prince, and therefore not to be feared by William.
From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
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 Burke, Edmund
Hee85 entertained into his Court Edgar Atheling; and tooke his sister Margaret to wife.
From The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First by Hayward, John
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