Editing List of English monarchs (section)

===Disputed claimant (House of Wessex)===
After King Harold was killed at the [[Battle of Hastings]], the [[Witan]] elected Edgar Ætheling as king, but by then the Normans controlled the country and Edgar never ruled. He submitted to King William the Conqueror.
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| ''(Title disputed)''<br/>'''''[[Edgar Ætheling]]'''''{{R|group=|ArchontologyEdgarAtheling|page1=|q1=||}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-12 |title=Edgar Atheling (r. Oct – Dec 1066) |url=https://www.royal.uk/edgar-atheling-r-oct-dec-1066 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125020244/https://www.royal.uk/edgar-atheling-r-oct-dec-1066 |archive-date=25 January 2018 |access-date=16 January 2018 |website=royal.gov.uk}}</ref><br/>15 October 1066<br/>–<br/>17 December 1066{{Efn|After reigning for approximately 9 weeks, Edgar Atheling submitted to William the Conqueror, who had gained control of the area to the south and immediate west of London.<ref name="ArchontologyEdgarAtheling">{{Cite web |title=Eadgar (the Ætheling) |url=http://www.archontology.org/nations/england/anglosaxon/edgar2.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016193659/http://www.archontology.org/nations/england/anglosaxon/edgar2.php |archive-date=16 October 2007 |access-date=26 October 2007 |website=archontology.org}}</ref>}}<br/>''({{Age in years and days|15 October 1066|17 December 1066|duration=yes}})''
| [[File:Edgar the Ætheling.jpg|100px]]
| {{Circa|1051}}<hr/>Son of [[Edward the Exile]]<br/>and [[Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile|Agatha]]
| No known marriage
| 1125 or 1126<br/>Aged about 75
| Grandson of [[Edmund Ironside]]<hr/>Elected by the Witenagemot

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