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Edward the Confessor
Eduardus Confessor la
Anglo-Saxon King of England from 1042 to 1066
- Child of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy
- Married to Edith of Wessex
- Dated between 1003 and 1005 CE – 5 January 1066 CE
- Recognised as Saint, 7 February 1161 CE
Overview
Anglo-Saxon King of England from 1042 to 1066Wikidata record description. Read Edward the Confessor in the Wikipedia reader.
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
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Family tree
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Family 13
- child of (child) Æthelred the Unready King of England
- child of (child) Emma of Normandy Norman princess and mother of Edward the Confessor
- of the house House of Wessex family that initially ruled Wessex kingdom
- sibling of Æthelstan Ætheling Anglo-Saxon royalty
- sibling of Alfred Aetheling Son of English king Æthelred II and his second wife Emma of Normandy; brother of Edward the Confessor
- sibling of Eadred Ætheling born 901
- sibling of Eadwig Ætheling Anglo-Saxon royalty
- sibling of Edmund II of England King of the English, Wessex dynasty
- sibling of Goda of England English princess
- sibling of Gunhilda of Denmark 11th century Queen of Germany
- sibling of Harthacanute
- married to Edith of Wessex
- married to Emma of Normandy Norman princess and mother of Edward the Confessor
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