Edward the Confessor (c. 1003 – 5 January 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he...

continued to participate in politics during the reigns of her sons by each husband, Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor. In 1035 when her second husband Cnut...

Cnut the Great. He became a powerful earl after the death of his father, Godwin, Earl of Wessex. After his brother-in-law, King Edward the Confessor, died...

by King Edward the Confessor on the reverse side of pennies minted by him. The heraldic design continued to represent both Wessex and Edward in classical...

his coronation, Edward II (r. 1307–1327) promised not only to uphold the laws of Edward the Confessor as was traditional but also "the laws and rightful...

bard. The original may also be the sword of Edward the Confessor, although this provenance is debated. The later copy of Curtana was made in the 17th century...

Edward the Elder (c. 874–924), the son of Alfred the Great Edward the Martyr (c. 962–978), English king and Christian martyr Edward the Confessor (c...

Magnus in Denmark and Edward the Confessor in England. Harthacnut was the last Dane to rule England. Harthacnut was born shortly after the marriage of his parents...

1016. Edward the Confessor became king in 1042. He built Westminster Abbey, the first large Romanesque church in England, consecrated in 1065, and the first...

Edward the Elder (870s? – 17 July 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death in 924. He was the elder son of Alfred the Great and his...

describes Edward the Confessor and Alfred Aetheling as the sons of Canute, though the modern term would be step-sons. Harold could claim the regency or...

Godwin was the father of King Harold II (r. January – October 1066) and of Edith of Wessex, who in 1045 married King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066)...

as the English King Edward the Confessor. The word confessor is derived from the Latin confiteri, 'to confess; to profess'. In the early church, it was...

all scholars agree with the existence of such "comital" property. During the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042–1066), the earls were still royal officers...

Edward the Confessor, pp. 48–49 Barlow, Edward the Confessor, p. 61 Barlow, Edward the Confessor, pp. 76–77 ASC MS D, s.a. 1043; Barlow, Edward the Confessor...

when the country was converted to Christianity in the Early Middle Ages. A permanent set of coronation regalia, once belonging to Edward the Confessor, was...

of that family. The attributed arms of Edward the Confessor contain five martlets or (golden martlets). The attribution dates to the 13th century (two...

power of the king. When Edward the Confessor died childless in 1066, he was succeeded by Harold Godwinson. Harold gained a great victory over the Norwegian...

In 1046 he was named to the Bishopric of Worcester. Ealdred, besides his episcopal duties, served Edward the Confessor, the King of England, as a diplomat...

Church of St Edward King & Martyr, Castle Donington. Church of St. Edward the Martyr, New York. Barlow, Frank (1997). Edward the Confessor (2nd ed.). New...

murdered), Edward (known to posterity as Edward the Confessor) became king. Edward was supported by Earl Godwin of Wessex and married the earl's daughter...

building from the 1040s, commissioned by King Edward the Confessor, who is buried inside. Construction of the present church began in 1245 on the orders of...

English Edward, which if true would place him in Hungary before Stephen's death in 1038. On hearing that Edward was alive, Edward the Confessor recalled...

Cornwall, he was educated on the continent. At the time Edward the Confessor was in exile before his succession to the English throne, Leofric joined...

secure. In 1066, following the death of Edward the Confessor, William invaded England, leading an army of Normans to victory over the Anglo-Saxon forces of...

king by the Witenagemot after the death of Edward the Confessor), Harald Hardrada (King of Norway who claimed to be the rightful heir of Harthacnut) and...

manuscripts and the (probably) lay artists who produced them, advising on the calendars and iconography. Life of King Edward the Confessor 1230s or 40s,...

dynasty apart from the king, his great uncle Edward the Confessor. Edgar was brought up by Edward's wife, Edith, and he is recorded in the New Minster Liber...

ceremonies and giving generously to charities; the King was particularly devoted to the figure of Edward the Confessor, whom he adopted as his patron saint. He...

Carola Hicks has suggested the tapestry could possibly have been commissioned by Edith of Wessex, widow of Edward the Confessor and sister of Harold. Wolfgang...