AthelingWilliam dies and Edgar joins Robert
Normandy goes to Robert Curthose, England to William Rufus, and the ætheling picks Robert.
What the record says
William died at Rouen on 9 September 1087. Robert gave Edgar lands in Normandy, and Orderic Vitalis counts him among the duke's three principal advisers.
Certainty
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 9 September 1087 | Exact |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
People
Related events
- Edgar leaves William's court
The ætheling walks out on a king who gives him little honour and sails for Norman Italy.
- 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.
- Malcolm is killed at Alnwick
The King of Scots and his heir Edward die raiding Northumbria. Margaret follows within days.
- 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.
- Queen Edith dies at Winchester
Edward’s widow and Harold’s sister is buried beside the Confessor.
Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- Orderic Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester
Named in the record
- Orderic Vitalis
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