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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Edgar
|image=
|birth_date=c. 1074
|birth_place=
|death_date=January 8, 1107
|death_place=Edinburgh, Scotland
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|spouse=
|children=
|alma_mater=
|party=
|office=King of Scotland
|term_start=1097
|term_end=1107
|preceded=[[Donald Bane (1093-1094)|Donald III]]
|succeeded=[[Alexander I (1107-1124)|Alexander I]]
}}
'''Edgar''',b.1074, was the eldest surviving son of [[Malcolm III (1057-1093)|Malcolm III]] and became king of [[Scotland]] following the death of his father and elder brother at [[Alnwick]] then the murder of his half-brother, [[Duncan II (1094)|Duncan II]]. Edgar had a remarkably peaceful reign, but also had to make the difficult choice of ceding control of the [[Hebrides]] to the king of [[Norway]]. Edgar was also close friends with the English king, [[William II]] who had helped him obtain the throne. Edgar's sister, Matilda, married [[Henry I]] of England.
'''Edgar''' b.1074, was the eldest surviving son of [[Malcolm III (1057-1093)|Malcolm III]] and became king of [[Scotland]] following the death of his father and elder brother at [[Alnwick]] then the murder of his half-brother, [[Duncan II (1094)|Duncan II]]. Edgar had a remarkably peaceful reign, but also had to make the difficult choice of ceding control of the [[Hebrides]] to the king of [[Norway]]. Edgar was also close friends with the English king, [[William II]] who had helped him obtain the throne. Edgar's sister, Matilda, married [[Henry I]] of England.
[[Category:Scottish Monarchs]]
[[Category:Scottish Monarchs]]