AthelingWilliam II
King of England. c. 1056 to 2 August 1100.
What is known, and how well
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | c. 1056 | Approximate |
| Death | 2 August 1100 | Exact |
| Parents | William | As recorded |
| House | House of England | |
| Realm | England | |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
Events
- William dies and Edgar joins Robert
Normandy goes to Robert Curthose, England to William Rufus, and the ætheling picks Robert.
With William, Robert, William, Edgar - 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.
With Robert, William, Edgar, Malcolm III - 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.
With Edgar, William, Edgar
What is uncertain
- Birth is approximate: c. 1056.
Related people
Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- Orderic Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester
- Symeon of Durham, Historia Regum, in Symeonis Monachi Opera Omnia, ed. Thomas Arnold, Rolls Series, 1882 to 1885
Named in the record
- Orderic Vitalis
Reference works
- Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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