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    3. What is meant by the Rising of Edgar the Aethling? Is it a title? Doesn't seem to be an uprising but it dates to 1069. Gary

    09/03/2004 05:00:18
    1. Re: [OEL] Rising
    2. Eve McLaughlin

    3. In message <1d3.2a325c23.2e6a89c2@aol.com>, GaryIvoDe@aol.com writes >What is meant by the Rising of Edgar the Aethling? Is it a title? Rebellion - though it was very small and inept and could scarcely be dignified with the decsription. Edgar Aetheling (Prince) was the Saxon heir to England, and had a feeble shot at displacing William the Conqueror - no chance. > -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

    09/04/2004 04:51:14