Why others even would want conquer England? With my knowledge William the Bastard was only whose had any rights for English throne and probably willing to conquer the country.
Well, his claim was in right of his wife, a daughter of the Count of Flanders and a descendant of Alfred the Great. So the Counts of Flanders must have also had a claim.
I agree, however, that with William and Hardrada out of the game, it's not clear that anyone else would be able to do it in the near future.
His wife's claim hardly matters.It's like saying the 100th placed(Matilda) in the line of succession actually had a right to the throne over someone like Prince Charles(Edgar).Well, his claim was in right of his wife, a daughter of the Count of Flanders and a descendant of Alfred the Great. So the Counts of Flanders must have also had a claim.
I agree, however, that with William and Hardrada out of the game, it's not clear that anyone else would be able to do it in the near future.
His wife's claim hardly matters...
It does, and claiming a title on behalf one one's wife rights is hardly unheard of : see, for exemple, Henri's II claims on the County of Toulouse in the XIIth century.
It's just that Flanders didn't have either the ressources or the focus to do so in England.
Problem is that Matilda's claim to the throne is so bad it's laughable,that is compared to that of Edgar and his sisters.Eleanor of Aquitaine at least has a claim to the county of Toulouse.