Edgar Aetheling (the last surviving member of the West Saxon royal house) allied with a Danish fleet and the northern English to attack York in 1069. The Norman garrison was killed — a major rebel success. William I's response was the Harrying of the North, which permanently broke the capacity of northern England to sustain further resistance. The rebellion's failure ended any realistic prospect of restoring Anglo-Saxon kingship.
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