List of English monarchs
Disputed claimant (House of Wessex)
After King Harold was killed at the Battle of Hastings, the Witan elected Edgar Atheling as king, but by then the Normans controlled the country and Edgar never ruled.

List of English monarchs

Section Title: Disputed claimant (House of Wessex)
Table Section Text: After King Harold was killed at the Battle of Hastings, the Witan elected Edgar Atheling as king, but by then the Normans controlled the country and Edgar never ruled.

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death	Claim	Ref.

(Title disputed) Edgar Ætheling 15 October 1066 – 17 December 1066 (64 days)	-	c. 1051Son of Edward the Exile and Agatha	Unmarried	c. 1126 Aged about 75	Grandson of Edmund IronsideElected by the Witenagemot

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Edgar Ætheling (c. 1051 - c. 1126) was elected King of England after the Battle of Hastings.

final_sentence: Edgar Ætheling (c. 1051 - c. 1126) was elected King of England after the Battle of Hastings.