Edgar Ætheling elected king
1066 · Event
After Hastings the Witan in London choose the teenage Edgar, last male of the house of Wessex, as king — but never crown him.
On these timelines: Norman Conquest, England, England: Monarchs, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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