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Edling (Welsh: etifedd) was a title given to the agreed successor or heir apparent of a reigning Welsh monarch.[1] It is related to the English term Æþeling.
While Æþeling or "noble child" (for example, see Edgar the Ætheling) was used in Anglo-Saxon England before the Norman Conquest to denote one of "royal blood",[2] the Welsh use had a more precise meaning and denoted the acknowledged heir to the throne, usually the ruler's eldest son, although any son (legitimate or illegitimate) could be chosen as edling.[3]
In 1923, the academic T. H. Parry-Williams identified the title as being borrowed from Old English.[4] However, David Dumville has argued that the term may have been borrowed at a later date from Middle English.[2][5]
The term has been used in Welsh poetry, including by Iolo Goch when praising Roger Mortimer as heir to Richard II.[5]
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[edit]- ↑ John Thomas Koch (2006) Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia. ABC CLIO. p. 946. ISBN 1-85109-440-7
- 1 2 Dumville, David N. (1979). "The ætheling: a study in Anglo-Saxon constitutional history". Anglo-Saxon England. 8: 1–33. ISSN 0263-6751. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- ↑ Medieval Wales. welshicons.org.uk
- ↑ Parry-Williams, T. H. (Thomas Herbert) (1923). The English element in Welsh; a study of English loan-words in Welsh. London Issued by the Honourable society of Cymmrodorion. pp. 12, 26. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
- 1 2 Matonis, A. T. E. (1978). "Traditions of Panegyric in Welsh Poetry: The Heroic and the Chivalric". Speculum. 53 (4): 667–687. doi:10.2307/2849780. ISSN 0038-7134. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
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