AthelingTinchebray
Henry defeats Robert Curthose and takes Normandy. Edgar is captured with the duke.
What the record says
Edgar had sided with Robert again. He was taken at Tinchebray on 28 September 1106 and pardoned and released by Henry. Robert stayed in custody for the rest of his life. William of Malmesbury, writing around 1125, says Edgar was still living quietly in the country; nothing is heard of him after that.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 28 September 1106 | 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.
- 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.
- 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)
- Orderic Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester
- William of Malmesbury, Chronicle of the Kings of England, trans. J. A. Giles
Named in the record
- William of Malmesbury
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