William Adeline becomes Henry II

So, William Adelin died on a ship sinking in 1120 and as the only male heir to Henry I the resulting succession crisis pretty much rocked England to the core so badly that it was known as The Anarchy.

If Adeline survived would this period of English history have been more stable and the line of kings be totally changed? The House of Normandy getting a chance at longer longevity and screwing over the Plantagenets?
 
So, William Adelin died on a ship sinking in 1120 and as the only male heir to Henry I the resulting succession crisis pretty much rocked England to the core so badly that it was known as The Anarchy.

If Adeline survived would this period of English history have been more stable and the line of kings be totally changed? The House of Normandy getting a chance at longer longevity and screwing over the Plantagenets?
If he survives he will most likely get Flanders.
 
I have never heard him called Adelin before? Is this because the "th" thorn character looks like a "d" so people assume it is one? It should be Aetheling, as far as I know

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
 
kasumigenx said:
If he survives he will most likely get Flanders.
I think you're mistaking him with William Clito, son of Robert Curthose.
Grey Wolf said:
I have never heard him called Adelin before?
Adelin is a frenchified (is that the right word?) version of Aetheling. In French, William Aetheling is referred as Guillaume Adelin (Guillaume being the French equivalent of William).
 
I have never heard him called Adelin before? Is this because the "th" thorn character looks like a "d" so people assume it is one? It should be Aetheling, as far as I know

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

For me it is the exact opposite, for me William Aetheling sounds new. In fact William Adelin never felt out of place with Robert Curtose, William Rufus, Henry Beauclerc, William Clito, Henry Curtmantle etc. I tend to associate Aetheling with Anglo Saxon England.
Though in the end Aetheling and Adelin mean the same, the latter is only 'Anglo-Norman'.
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I think some are confusing William Adelin, son of Henry I, with Edgar Aetheling, claimant to the throne versus William I :D

This was how he was always known to me: William Aetheling

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/644297/William-the-Aetheling

I guess it depends where you learn your history. My kings came originally from a chart we used to have on the wall in the study, and that's what it called him

Aetheling being Anglo-Saxon for royal prince, it tends to get used posthumously where the guy died without becoming king

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
 
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