(about 1057-about 1120), grandson of Edmund Ironside. After the Battle of Hastings, Edgar was proclaimed king of England by the Saxons, but William the Conqueror retained the power. Having been engaged in some conspiracy against the king, Edgar was forced to seek refuge in Scotland, but he became reconciled to William and was assigned a pension. Afterward, with the sanction of William Rufus, he undertook an expedition to Scotland for the purpose of displacing the usurper of the Scottish throne in favor of his nephew Edgar. He afterward took part in Duke Robert's unsuccessful struggle with Henry I, but was allowed to spend the remainder of his life quietly in England.