AthelingEdgar 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.
What the record says
In the autumn of 1097 Edgar led an English army into Scotland on Rufus's behalf, defeated Donald Bane, and installed his nephew Edgar, Malcolm and Margaret's son, as King of Scots under English overlordship.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 1 October 1097 | Exact |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
People
Related events
- Henry I marries Edgar's niece
The new king weds Edith of Scotland, who takes the name Matilda, and the blood of Cerdic returns to the English crown.
- Malcolm is killed at Alnwick
The King of Scots and his heir Edward die raiding Northumbria. Margaret follows within days.
- 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.
- Tinchebray
Henry defeats Robert Curthose and takes Normandy. Edgar is captured with the duke.
- William dies and Edgar joins Robert
Normandy goes to Robert Curthose, England to William Rufus, and the ætheling picks Robert.
Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- Symeon of Durham, Historia Regum, in Symeonis Monachi Opera Omnia, ed. Thomas Arnold, Rolls Series, 1882 to 1885
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