Edling

• abstract: Edling () was a title given to the agreed successor or heir apparent of a reigning Welsh monarch.Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia, John Thomas Koch, p946 ISBN 1-85109-440-7 The title comes from the Anglo-Saxon language word Æðling (for example, see Edgar Ætheling), literally meaning noble child, which was used in the Anglo Saxon kingdoms of England before the Norman Conquest to denote one of "royal blood".

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