Edward the Confessor

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Anglo-Saxon monarch Christian saint House of Wessex member King of England canonized monarch

Edward the Confessor was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon king of England whose pious reign and later canonization made him one of the last and most revered pre-Norman English monarchs.

Aliases (1)

reign of Edward the Confessor ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Saxon monarch → Christian saint → House of Wessex member → King of England → canonized monarch →
associatedWith	Norman influence at the English court → Westminster Abbey →
birthDate	c. 1003 → c. 1004 →
birthPlace	Islip, Oxfordshire → Kingdom of England →
burial	shrine in Westminster Abbey →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
canonizationDate	1161 →
canonizationStatus	canonized saint →
canonizedBy	Pope Alexander III →
coronationDate	3 April 1043 →
coronationPlace	Winchester Cathedral →
country	Kingdom of England →
deathDate	5 January 1066 →
deathPlace	Kingdom of England → Westminster, London →
dynasty	House of Wessex →
era	Late Anglo-Saxon period →
father	Æthelred the Unready →
feastDay	13 October → 5 January →
fullName	Edward the Confessor →
house	House of Wessex →
knownFor	being one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England → founding of Westminster Abbey → piety → role in events leading to the Norman Conquest →
language	Old English →
mother	Emma of Normandy →
patronage	Westminster → difficult marriages → kings →
precededBy	Harthacnut →
predecessor	Harthacnut →
regnalName	Edward →
reignEnd	5 January 1066 →
reignStart	8 June 1042 →
religion	Christianity → Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Edith of Wessex →
succeededBy	Harold Godwinson →
successor	Harold Godwinson →
title	King of the English →
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion → Roman Catholic Church →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
St Edward's Crown → St Edward's School, Oxford →	namedAfter
Edmund of Scotland → Edward the Exile →	relative
Édouard →	associatedWithSaint
Westminster Abbey →	burialPlaceOf
coronation of William I as King of England ("reign of Edward the Confessor") →	chronologicallyAfter
Westminster Abbey →	foundedBy
Edward the Confessor →	fullName
Kingdom of Wessex →	hasKing
House of Wessex →	hasNotableMember
Edward →	notableBearer
Cristina of England →	notableRelative
Anglo-Saxon England →	notableRuler
Harold Godwinson →	predecessor