Edward the Confessor

E18474

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Edward the Confessor canonical	31
King Edward the Confessor	5
Saint Edward the Confessor	3
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, London ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey
birthDate	c. 1003 ⓘ c. 1004 ⓘ
birthPlace	Islip, Oxfordshire ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ
burial	shrine in Westminster Abbey ⓘ
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ surface form: 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, England ⓘ surface form: Westminster, London
dynasty	House of Wessex ⓘ
era	Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ surface form: Late Anglo-Saxon period
father	Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
feastDay	13 October ⓘ 5 January ⓘ
fullName	Edward the Confessor self-link ⓘ
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	City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: 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 Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Westminster Abbey, London → foundedBy → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

subject surface form: Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey, London → burialPlaceOf → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

subject surface form: Westminster Abbey

Edward → notableBearer → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

St Edward's Crown → namedAfter → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Edward the Exile → relative → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Edward the Confessor → fullName → Edward the Confessor self-link ⓘ

Edmund of Scotland → relative → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

House of Wessex → hasNotableMember → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Cristina of England → notableRelative → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

St Edward's School, Oxford → namedAfter → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Édouard → associatedWithSaint → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Kingdom of Wessex → hasKing → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Harold Godwinson → predecessor → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Anglo-Saxon England → notableRuler → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

coronation of William I as King of England → chronologicallyAfter → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

this entity surface form: reign of Edward the Confessor

Islip, Oxfordshire → birthplaceOf → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Emma of Normandy → child → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

King of the English → notableHolder → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Edith of Wessex → spouse → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Edith of Wessex → monarchConsortTo → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Æthelred the Unready → child → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Confessor → exampleOf → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Harthacnut → successorAsKingOfEngland → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Harthacnut → stepBrother → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Diocese of Crediton → seeTranslatedBy → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster → foundedBy → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, England → associatedWithMonarch → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

subject surface form: Havering-atte-Bower

Sword of Mercy → associatedWithMonarch → Edward the Confessor ⓘ

Godwin, Earl of Wessex → employer → Edward the Confessor ⓘ