Edward III the Confessor 
Edward III the Confessor was born about 1002 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England.1 Edward III the Confessor's father was Ethelred II (Aethelred) and his mother was Emma de Normandy. His paternal grandparents were Edgar and Elfrida Elfthryt Of Devonshire; his maternal grandparents were Richard I "Sans Peur" Longsword and Gonnor de CREPON. He had a brother and a sister, named Alfred and Godgifu. He had seven half-brothers and five half-sisters, named Athelstan of England, Ecgbert of England, Edmund II, Edred of England, Edwy of England, Edgar of England, unknown of England, Aelgifu (Elgiva) of England, Edgyth of England, Wulfhilda of England, Edgive of England and daughter.1 General Notes
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TITL University of Hull Royal Database (England) AUTH Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Sci ence
PUBL copyright 1994, 1995, 1996
usually reliable but sometimes includes hypothetical lines, mythological figures, etc
WWW, University of Hull, Hull, UK HU6 7RX bct@@tardis.ed.ac.uk MEDI Electronic
TITL Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760
AUTH Frederick Lewis Weis PUBL 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992
Same ref source as earlier ed, "Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists who Came to New England 1623- 1650" ed 1-6
good to very good MEDI Book PAGE line 1 pp 1-4
_FA1 PLAC 1st of the 2 Saxon Restoration KIngs of England after Danes expelled.
_FA2 PLAC Reigned 1042-1066. Lived in Normandy 1016-1041.
_FA3 PLAC Named for piety & foundation of a new Westminster Abbey (consecrated in 1065).
_FA4 PLAC Lived in Normandy 1016-1041. House of Wessex.
_FA5 PLAC Early reign dominated by rivalry betw. Norman favorites & his father-in-law.
_FA6 PLAC After 1053 the Godwins were in the ascendant.
_FA7 PLAC Edward's childlessness led ultimately to the Norman conquest.
_FA8 PLAC Canonized in 1161.
_FA9 PLAC One of first acts was to confiscate estates of mother, Emma, & disgrace her.
_FA10 PLAC Possibly named William, Duke of Normandy as heir.
_FA11 PLAC Later named Harald II as heir.First (of only two) of the Saxon Restoration KIngs o f England after the Danes were driven out. Reigned 1042-1066. Named for his piety & his fou ndation of a new Westminster Abbey (consecrated in 1065). He lived in Normandy 1016-1041 & h is early reign was dominated by rivalry between his Norman favorites & his father-in-law. Af ter 1053 the Goodwins were in the ascendant. Edward's childlessness led ultimately to the No rman conquest. He was canonized in 1161.
REF: British Monarchy Official Website: In 1042 Edward III, "the Confessor" (reigned 1042-66) , Ethelred's son, became king. Edward was responsible for building Westminster Abbey, and wa s reburied in a shrine there after his canonisation in 1161. Deeply religious, but with poo r judgement, Edward failed to resolve the succession question (his marriage was childless).
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0849 in Wantage, Berkshire, Eng d.26 OCT 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, Eng
- b.0871 in Wessex, England d.Aug 0924 in Farrington, Berkshire, England
- b.0852 in Mercia, England d.5 DEC 905
- b.0920 in Wessex, England d.26 MAY 946 in Pocklechurch, England
- b.~ 0866
- b.0896 in Kent, England d.25 AUG 968
- b.0943 in Wessex, England d.8 JUL 975 in Wessex, England
- b.0922 in Wessex, England d.0944
- b.0968 in Of, Wessex, Eng d.23 Apr 1016 in London, London, Eng
- b.~ 0917 in of Devonshire, England d.0971 in Tavistock
- b.~ 0947 in ,Devonshire, Eng d.~ 1000
- b.~ 0917
- b.~ 1002 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England d.5 JAN 1065/66
- b.0837 in of Upland, Denmak d.0890 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.0854 in Of, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0931 in Of, Notre Dame, Rouen, Nornandie, Neustria
- b.~ 0848 in ,,Norway d.0892
- b.~ 0900 in ,Normandy, France d.17 DEC 942 in ,,,France
- b.~ 0872 in Of, Evreux, Neustria
- b.28 AUG 933 in Fecamp, Normandy, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, Normandy, France
- b.0840 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0880 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.23 FEB 942/43 in St. Quentin, Aisne, France
- b.~ 0850
- b.~ 0911 in ,Bretagne, France d.< 0940
- b.0856 in ,,France d.15 JUN 923 in Soissons, France
- b.~ 0890 in Of Bretagne, Brittany, France d.AFT. MAR 930/31
- b.~ 0840
- b.~ 0986 in ,Normandy, France d.6 MAR 1051/52 in Winchester, Hamps, Eng
- b.~ 0906 in Of Normandy, France d.> 0984
- b.~ 0936 in ,,Normandie d.1031 in ,,,France
- b.~ 0916 in Of, Normandy, France
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Details of Edward III the Confessor's family with Edith Eadgyth of Wessex
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