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Edward the Confessor [a] [b] (c. 1003 – 5 January 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he ruled from 1042 until his death in 1066. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeeded Cnut the Great's son – and his own half-brother – Harthacnut ...
The Játvarðar Saga (in full Saga Játvarðar konungs hins helga) is an Icelandic saga about the life of Edward the Confessor, King of England (reigned 1042–1066). [1] It was compiled in the 14th century, in Iceland, using a number of earlier English sources as well as the French Chronicon Universale Anonymi Laudunensis (or a source common with it). [2]
Sweyn, his son Canute and his successors ruled until 1042. After Harthacanute, there was a brief Anglo-Saxon restoration between 1042 and 1066 under Edward the Confessor, who was a son of Æthelred, who was later succeeded by Harold Godwinson, a member of the House of Godwin, possibly a side branch of the Cerdicings (see Ancestry of the Godwins).
From 1016 to 1042, the Danish House of Knýtlinga possessed the throne. Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) briefly restored the House of Wessex to power. However, he was succeeded in 1066 by Harold Godwinson and then William the Conqueror (r. 1066–1087), whose Conquest of England marked the end of the Anglo-Saxon era. [55]
Edward the Confessor, supposed issuer of the Leges Edwardi Confessoris. The title Leges Edwardi Confessoris, or Laws of Edward the Confessor, refers to a collection of laws, purporting to represent English law in the time of Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042–1066), as recited to the Norman invader king William I in 1070, but which was not composed until probably the early years of the reign ...
1066. 5 January – King Edward the Confessor dies. [2] 6 January Edward the Confessor buried in Westminster Abbey. Harold Godwinson chosen by the Witenagemot to be king over Edward's nephew, Edgar Ætheling, who is aged only around 15. [2] Harold is crowned this day, probably in Westminster Abbey.
The background to the battle was the death of the childless King Edward the Confessor in January 1066, which set up a succession struggle between several claimants to his throne. Harold was crowned king shortly after Edward's death but faced invasions by William, his own brother Tostig, and the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada (Harold III of Norway).
Articles relating to Edward the Confessor (c. 1003-1066, reigned 1042-1066) and his reign. Pages in category "Edward the Confessor" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.