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What if, say, around 1069-1070, William the Conqeuror is killed during the Harrying of the North, or, to be more precise, around the time Edgar the Atheling and Sweyn II of Denmark invaded and captured York? How much of England could Edgar and Sweyn take/how much of England would rise up in Edgar's favour? I imagine most, if not all, the Norman/Breton/Frankish/Flemish nobles William brought with him would favour his eldest son, Robert Curthose, but there were still a few high-ranking Anglo-Saxon nobles, like Hereward the Wake and the brothers Edwin and Morcar.

If Edgar succeeds, I could see him marrying a daughter of either Sweyn II, Harold Godwinson or even Philip I of France's sister, Emma (IOTL, Philip I invited Edgar to France in 1074, offering him land near the Norman border so he could harass William's lands), though I admit the first seems more likely. Or perhaps Sweyn might have considered seizing the throne for himself via his relation to Canute the Great.

Any thoughts?
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