AthelingHenry 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.
What the record says
Henry married Malcolm and Margaret's daughter at Westminster on 11 November 1100, three months after Rufus died in the New Forest. Through her, every later English king descends from the old West Saxon house.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 11 November 1100 | Exact |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
People
Related events
- 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.
- Tinchebray
Henry defeats Robert Curthose and takes Normandy. Edgar is captured with the duke.
- 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.
- 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)
- William of Malmesbury, Chronicle of the Kings of England, trans. J. A. Giles
- Orderic Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester
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