History and chronology of Edgar the Atheling in England

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England Scotland War
House Wessex
Norman Invasion Wars

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Siege Southwark
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Edgar the Atheling History of England


1050	Birth
Wessex Grandson of Edmund II Ironside
1066	Battle of wark
Nov Southwark William attacks some of Edgar's forces & then moves upstream to Berkshire
1066	Capture
Dec London Edgar, the Earls of Northumbria & Mercia & the Archbishops of Canterbury & York submit to William I the Conqueror
1066	Homage
Forced to submit to William the Conqueror
Dec London Edgar, the Earls of Northumbria & Mercia & the Archbishops of Canterbury & York submit to William I the Conqueror
1066	Invasion of England
Nov London William cannot attack London directly so to decides to isolate it
Dec London Edgar, the Earls of Northumbria & Mercia & the Archbishops of Canterbury & York submit to William I the Conqueror
1066	Siege of London
Nov Southwark William attacks some of Edgar's forces & then moves upstream to Berkshire
Nov London William cannot attack London directly so to decides to isolate it
Dec London Edgar, the Earls of Northumbria & Mercia & the Archbishops of Canterbury & York submit
Dec London Edgar, the Earls of Northumbria & Mercia & the Archbishops of Canterbury & York submit to William I the Conqueror
1066	Siege of wark
Nov Southwark William attacks some of Edgar's forces & then moves upstream to Berkshire
1066	Succession
Chosen King by Morcar & his brother Edwin after the Battle of Hastings
Supported by the Archbishops of Canterbury & York after the battle of Hastings
1068	Exile
Flanders Forced to flee to Scotland & then to Flanders
1068	Exile of Edgar the Atheling
Flanders Leads an unsucesful uprising against William the Conqueror
1069	Capture
York Edgar helps Sweyn capture York, assisted by a Danish fleet under Osbern
York The Normans recapture York & Edgar takes up exile in the Court of Malcolm III
1069	Exile
Lothian Forced into exile in Lothian, where his sister Margaret had married Malcolm III
1069	Invasion of England
Edgar the Atheling invades England from Scotland, supported by the Scottish King
1069	Rebellion
Leads a 2nd unsuccessful rebellion against William the Conqueror
1074	Arrest
Normandy Captured at York & kept at the court of Normandy, making peace with the Normans
1086	Capture
Apulia Leads a Norman expedition & captures Apulia
1097	Invasion of Scotland
Leads a Norman expedition to Scotland
1097	Succession
Edgar the Atheling deposes the usurper Donaldbane in favour of his nephew Edgar