|term_start=October 15, 1066
|term_end=December 10, 1066
|preceded=[[Harold Godwinson]]|succeeded=[[William the Conqueror]]
}}
'''Edgar the Atheling''' (c. 1051 – c. 1125) was the grandson of [[Ethelred the Unready]] through Edward “the Exile”, Ethelred’s son, who had fled to Hungary during the years of [[Danish]]rule. Edgar was proclaimed [[king]] by the [[English]] in [[London]] immediately after the English defeat at the [[Battle of Hastings]] in 1066.