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Male King Edward  III  :The Confessor" of England Click to view King Edward  III  :The Confessor" of England in the family tree

King Edward  III  :The Confessor" was born in 1002 in Islip, Oxford, Eng.  King Edward  III  :The Confessor"'s father was King Aethelred "The Unready" of England and his mother was Emma de Normandy.  His paternal grandparents were King Edgar  (The Peaceable) of England and Queen Elfrida Ealdorman; his maternal grandparents were Duke Richard (The Fearless) de Normandy and Duchess Gunnora de Crepon. He had a brother and two sisters, named Prince Edred, Alfred and Princess Godgifu  (Goda).  He was the oldest of the four children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named King Edmund "Ironside" and Princess Aelfgifu.

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