Edward The Confessor King Of England 
Edward The Confessor was born in 1004 in Islip, Oxford. Edward The Confessor's father was King Ethelred II The Unready King Of England and his mother was Emma Of Normandy. His paternal grandparents were Edgar The Peaceable King Of England and Elfrida(Elfthryth) Queen Of England; his maternal grandfather was Thored Ealdermann Gunnarsson. He had ten brothers and seven sisters, named Edmund Ironside, Edmund Ironside, Edmund Ironside, Edmund II "Ironside" King of, Alfred Prince, Alfred Prince, Alfred Prince, Alfred of, Alfred Atheling, Alfred Atheling, Elfgifu, Elfgifu Princess, Goda Princess, Goda Princess, Goda Princess, Godgifu Princess of and Agatha. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named Cnutsson of Denmark King of, Hardicanute King of and Gunhilda. He died in Westminster.General Notes
King of England,1042-1066
Reigned 1042-1066. Named for his piety and his foundation of a newWestminster Abbey (consecrated in 1065). He lived in Normandy (1016-41)and
his early reign was dominated by rivalry between his Norman favourites and
his father-in-Law. After 1053 the Goodwins were in the ascendant. Edward's
childlessness led ultimately to the Norman conquest. He was canonised in1161.
His feast day is 13th October.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0849 d.26 Dec 0901
- b.BET. 859 - 875 d.17 Jul 0924 in Farndon on dee England
- b.0852 d.05 Dec 0905
- b.0921 d.26 May 0946 in Pucklechurch England
- b.0871
- b.0896 d.0961
- b.0943 d.08 Jul 0975
- b.0922 d.0944
- b.0968 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016
- b.0922
- b.0947 d.1000
- b.0927
- b.1004 in Islip, Oxford d.5 Jan 1065/1066 in Westminster
- b. in Of Nothumberland
- b.0975 in Normandy, France d.6 Mar 1051/1052
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