AthelingEdgar flees to Scotland
The ætheling leaves court with his mother and sisters and finds shelter with Malcolm.
What the record says
Edgar slipped away in the summer of 1068 as Edwin and Morcar's rising collapsed. Malcolm received the family at his court and within a year or two married Edgar's sister Margaret.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 1 July 1068 | Exact |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
People
Related events
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Sweyn’s fleet in the Humber joins Edgar, Waltheof, and the Northumbrians against the Norman garrison.
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- Malcolm III marries Margaret of Wessex
The Scottish royal house became closely linked to the displaced Anglo-Saxon royal line.
- William is crowned at Westminster
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Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, trans. Thomas Forester
- Orderic Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester
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