Edward The Confessor

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St Edward the Confessor or "Eadweard III" (c. 1004-5 January 1066), son of Ethelred the Unready, was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England and the last of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 until his death. His reign marked the continuing disintegration of royal power in England and the aggrandisement of the great territorial earls, and it foreshadowed the country's later connection with Normandy, … Wikipedia
Born:
January 1, 1004
Died:
January 5, 1066
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    Almost one thousand years ago, in the year 1042, King Edward The Confessor acceded to the throne of England.
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    Edward was the eldest son of King Aethelred the Unred by his second wife, Emma of Normandy.
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  • Wikipedia

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    Complete history of the Kings and Queens of England categorized by dynasties. Saxon chapter covers from Egbert - Harold II, including Alfred the Great and King Canute.
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