So who would the Witan choose? First up was Edgar the Aetheling. He was the Anglo-Saxon prince and great-nephew of the late King. In 1057, Edward the Confessor had named Edgar’s father heir to ...
So who would the Witan choose? First up was Edgar the Aetheling. He was the Anglo-Saxon prince and great-nephew of the late King. In 1057, Edward the Confessor had named Edgar’s father heir to ...