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Edward "The Confessor" Saxon

Edward "The Confessor" was born in 1002 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England. Edward "The Confessor"'s father was Ethelred II. "The Unready" Saxon and his mother was Emma Normandy, de. His paternal grandparents were Edgar "The Peaceful" Saxon and Elfrida Devon, of; his maternal grandfather was Richard I. "The Fearless" Normandy, de and his maternal grandmother is Gunnor Danemark, de. He had a brother and a sister, named Alfred Athling and Goda. He had eight half-brothers and five half-sisters, named Edmund II. "Ironside", Athelstan, Egbert, Edred, Edwy, Edward, Edgar, Hardicanute, Edith, Elgiva, Wulfhilda, Daughter and Gunhild "Kunigunde". He died at the age of 64 on January 5th, 1066. He was buried on January 6th, 1066 in Westminster, Abbey, London, England.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Alfred "The Great" Saxon ^*
  - b.0849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.28 OCT 901
  
  Edward I. "The Elder" Saxon
  - b.0870 d.0924
  
  Ealhswith Mercia, of ^*
  - d.0905
  
  Edmund I. "The Magnificent" Saxon
  - b.0939 d.0946
  
  Edgiva Sigelline
  
  Edgar "The Peaceful" Saxon
  - b.0943 d.8 JUL 975
  
  St. Elgiva Saxon
  
  Ethelred II. "The Unready" Saxon
  - b.0968 d.23 Apr 1016 in London
  
  Ordgar Devon, of
  
  Elfrida Devon, of
  - d.1000
  
  Edward "The Confessor" Saxon
  - b.1002 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England d.05 Jan 1066
  
  Rognvald "the Mighty" Moere, af
  - d.0890
  
  Rollo Normandy, de
  - b.0846 d.0932
  
  Hild
  
  Wilhelm I. "Langschwert" Normandy, de
  - b.0900 d.17 DEC 942 in murdered
  
  Berengar Bayeux, de
  - d.0931
  
  Poppa "Papie" Bayeux, de
  
  Bretagne, de
  
  Richard I. "The Fearless" Normandy, de
  - b.9343 in Fecamp d.20 NOV 996
  
  Sprota
  
  Emma Normandy, de
  - d.1052
  
  Gunnor Danemark, de
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Personal Timeline

Details of Edward "The Confessor"'s family with Edith Wessex, De