 His son Edgar the Ætheling was briefly proclaimed king after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but later submitted to William the Conqueror.Edgar would live a long and eventful life; fighting in rebellion against William the Conqueror from 1067–1075; fighting alongside the Conqueror's son Robert of Normandy in campaigns in Sicily (1085–1087); and accompanying Robert on the First Crusade (1099–1103).He was still alive in 1125.