Rival Claimants to the Throne: 1066 2) Edgar Aething


	Claim	Strength of Claim
	Royal blood - was the nephew of Edward the Confessor	Strong in theory, but had no political or military power to help with support in a battle (if it came to that)
	Chance of success	Outcome of Claim
	Weak - he was only a teenager, and although this had happened before Anglo-Saxon England needed a warrior King at this time (Not a youthful one)	He lived, but never got to the throne Lived until c.1126 as a normal aristocrat

Strong in theory, but had no political or military power to help with support in a battle (if it came to that)

Weak - he was only a teenager, and although this had happened before Anglo-Saxon England needed a warrior King at this time (Not a youthful one)

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