AthelingLondon chooses Edgar
With Harold dead, Archbishop Ealdred and the citizens of London name the boy of the old house as king.
What the record says
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle says Ealdred and the Londoners wanted Edgar as king, as was his right by birth, and that Edwin and Morcar promised to fight for him. He was about fourteen and was never crowned.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 25 October 1066 | Exact |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
People
Related events
- Harald lands in the north
A second claimant opens a northern front.
- Edgar submits at Berkhamsted
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- William is crowned at Westminster
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- William sails for Normandy
The new king spends most of 1067 across the Channel, leaving Odo and fitzOsbern to govern.
- Tostig seeks a return
Tostig's exile hardens into a political grievance.
Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- William of Poitiers, Gesta Guillelmi, ed. R. H. C. Davis and Marjorie Chibnall, Oxford Medieval Texts, 1998
- The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, trans. Thomas Forester
Named in the record
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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