AthelingEdgar leaves William's court
The ætheling walks out on a king who gives him little honour and sails for Norman Italy.
What the record says
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle says Edgar left the king because he had not much honour from him, and went over sea to Apulia with two hundred men. Domesday that year lists him with only two small estates in Hertfordshire, Barkway and Hormead.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 1 September 1086 | Exact |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
People
Related events
- William dies and Edgar joins Robert
Normandy goes to Robert Curthose, England to William Rufus, and the ætheling picks Robert.
- Robert and Rufus make peace over Edgar's head
The brothers' treaty strips the ætheling of his Norman lands and sends him back to Scotland.
- Malcolm is killed at Alnwick
The King of Scots and his heir Edward die raiding Northumbria. Margaret follows within days.
- Queen Edith dies at Winchester
Edward’s widow and Harold’s sister is buried beside the Confessor.
- Edgar puts his nephew on the Scottish throne
With Rufus's army behind him, the ætheling drives out Donald Bane and makes the younger Edgar king.
Sources
Where this is recorded
Named in the record
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- Domesday Book
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