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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.
The Vita Ædwardi Regis qui apud Westmonasterium Requiescit (English: Life of King Edward who rests at Westminster) or simply Vita Ædwardi Regis is a Latin biography of King Edward the Confessor completed by an anonymous author c. 1067 and suspected of having been commissioned by Queen Edith, Edward's wife.
The House of Wessex then briefly regained power under Æthelred's son Edward the Confessor, but lost it after the Confessor's reign, with the Norman Conquest in 1066. All kings of England since William II have been descended from the House of Wessex through William the Conqueror 's wife Matilda of Flanders , who was a descendant of Alfred the ...
Edward's name was English in origin, linking him to the Anglo-Saxon saint Edward the Confessor, and was chosen by his father instead of the more traditional Norman and Castilian names selected for Edward's brothers: [16] John and Henry, who had died before Edward was born, and Alphonso, who died in August 1284, leaving Edward as the heir to the ...
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.
King Æthelred the Unready married his second wife Emma of Normandy in 1002 and her elder son Edward the Confessor was born around 1004. Three charters between 1007 and 1011 are attested by Edward and his mother but not by Alfred, who first attests in 1013. This suggests that Alfred was probably several years younger than his brother. [2] [3]
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (c. 997 – c. 1069), also called Githa, was a Danish noblewoman.She was the wife of Godwin, Earl of Wessex, and the mother of King Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex, the latter of whom was the queen consort of King Edward the Confessor.
He was a relative of King Edward the Confessor as well as being a royal chaplain. [1] During Edward's reign he received the church at Bosham, near Chichester. [2] He was present at the consecration of Westminster Abbey at Christmas 1065. [3] He was a steward for King William I of England during his reign, as well as being a friend of the king. [4]