William Ætheling

E482493

English prince heir apparent

William Ætheling was the heir apparent to the English throne as the only legitimate son of King Henry I of England, whose death in the White Ship disaster of 1120 triggered a succession crisis.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
William Aetheling	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English prince ⓘ heir apparent ⓘ
ageAtDeath	17 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	William Adelin NERFINISHED ⓘ William Aetheling NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedTitleClaim	King of England (never crowned) ⓘ
associatedWith	Anglo-Norman realm NERFINISHED ⓘ Norman rule in England ⓘ
birthDate	1103-08-05 ⓘ
birthPlace	Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Winchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Abbaye de Saint-Étienne de Caen (disputed) NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathCause	drowning ⓘ
deathDate	1120-11-25 ⓘ
deathPlace	Barfleur NERFINISHED ⓘ Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathResultedIn	succession crisis in England ⓘ
event	White Ship disaster NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Henry I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	William Ætheling NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedTerritory	Maine (nominally) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	High Middle Ages ⓘ
house	House of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName	Old English ⓘ
legitimacyStatus	legitimate son of Henry I of England ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	accidental death at sea ⓘ
marriageDate	1119-06-22 ⓘ
maternalGrandfather	Malcolm III of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
maternalGrandmother	Saint Margaret of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother	Matilda of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameMeaning	Ætheling means "prince" or "noble-born" in Old English NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily	Norman dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being only legitimate son of Henry I of England ⓘ death in the White Ship disaster of 1120 ⓘ
paternalGrandfather	William the Conqueror NERFINISHED ⓘ
paternalGrandmother	Matilda of Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlliance	Anglo-Angevin alliance through marriage ⓘ
position	heir apparent to the English throne ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ship	White Ship NERFINISHED ⓘ
sibling	Empress Matilda NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Matilda of Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouseFather	Fulk V of Anjou NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouseMother	Ermengarde of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Count of Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Normandy (designate) NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Adelin → alsoKnownAs → William Ætheling ⓘ

this entity surface form: William Aetheling