Ēadgar Æðeling
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Ēadgar Æþeling oþþe Ēadgar Cild (Niwenglisc: Edgar Ætheling or Edgar II) ƿæs se endemesta ƿer þæs Ƿestseaxna Cerdicinga cynecynn. Þa Ƿitan him tō cyninge geceoren, ac næfe fōn hē þæt cynehelm.
Ēadgar Æþeling (Ēadgar II Engla Cyning) | |
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Gehalgod | næfre |
Foregenga | Harold II |
Æftergenga | Ƿillelm I |
Fæder | Ēadƿeard Eardƿrecca |
Modor | Agaþa |
Geboren | ymbe 1051 Ungerland |
Deaþ | ymbe 1126 (75 ƿintra) ungecnaƿen |
Byrgen | ungecnaƿen |
On Ungerlande ƿæs Ēadgar geboren. Hē ƿæs Ēadƿeardes Eardƿreccaes ana sunu, ierfa þæs Engla cynedōm, and ƿæs Ēadmundes II Cyninges ("Irensides") sunsunu.
Æt his fæder deaþ in 1057 ƿæs Ēadgar genamod ierfa be his fæderan Ēadƿeard Cyning. Æt þæs cyninges dēaðe in Æfterran Gēolan 1066 ƿæs Ēadgar giet ofergeong tō ƿerienne þæt rīce, forþǣm þe him ƿæs gecyðd þæt Ƿyllelm bastard eorle of Normandige ƿolde hider 7 þis land geƿinnen. Þy Ƿitenagemot cēos Harold Gōdƿines sunu, Ēadƿeardes Cyninges āðum, sƿa Harold II. Æfter Haroldes dēaðe æt Hæstinga Bēadƿe on Sæternesdæge 14 Ƿinterfylleþes 1066 ƿæs Ēadgar tō cyninge gecoren be Ƿitenagemot in Lundene. Næfre ƿæs hē tō cyninge gehalod, and be niede cƿōm hē tō Ƿillelme and sƿēor him aðas æt feoƿertiene oþþe fiftiene ƿintra ielde.
Æfter his scortum cynedōme lifde Ēadgar Æþeling lang and full līf. Hē fōhtede in þrim ƿiþfeohtum ƿiþ Frenciscum cyningum of Englalande. Hē þegnede for þǣm Casere of Constantinopolis in þǣm Ƿæringa Ƿeard æt Constantinopolis and ƿæs campealdor þæs Caseres þrēates in þǣm Firstum Fare. Man sægþ þe hē forþfērde on 1126 on Scottum.