dgar Atheling (c. 1050-c. 1120), although
the nearest heir to the throne, submitted to William; joined in
two unsuccessful attempts to overthrow William, and later took
refuge with Malcolm Canmore of Scotland, to whom he gave in
marriage his sister Margaret. In 1097 with the aid of William he
set his nephew Edgar on the Scottish throne and later became a
crusader, but returned to England and died in obscurity. [World
Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935]