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Edgar Atheling (r. Oct - Dec 1066)
The Anglo-Saxon kings

Edgar the Atheling was a grandson of Edmund II Ironside and a great-grandson of Ethelred 'The Unready'. After the Norman invasion, he mounted a brief rebellion, wresting control for a short period at the end of 1066, but was later put down by William I.

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