AthelingRobert and Rufus make peace over Edgar's head
The brothers' treaty strips the ætheling of his Norman lands and sends him back to Scotland.
What the record says
Rufus crossed to Normandy in early 1091 and the brothers came to terms at Rouen. Edgar was dispossessed and expelled. Later that year, when Rufus marched on Scotland, Edgar and Robert brokered the peace between Malcolm and Rufus, and Edgar was reconciled with the English king.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 1 February 1091 | Exact |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
People
Related events
- Malcolm is killed at Alnwick
The King of Scots and his heir Edward die raiding Northumbria. Margaret follows within days.
- William dies and Edgar joins Robert
Normandy goes to Robert Curthose, England to William Rufus, and the ætheling picks Robert.
- Edgar leaves William's court
The ætheling walks out on a king who gives him little honour and sails for Norman Italy.
- 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.
- 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.
Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- Orderic Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester
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