Edward the Confessor (c. 1003 – 5 January 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he... 46 KB (6,138 words) - 22:46, 3 April 2024 |
Edward the Elder (c. 874–924), the son of Alfred the Great Edward the Martyr (c. 962–978), English king and Christian martyr Edward the Confessor (c... 16 KB (1,787 words) - 11:33, 30 April 2024 |
Wessex (redirect from Arms of Edward the Confessor) by King Edward the Confessor on the reverse side of pennies minted by him. The heraldic design continued to represent both Wessex and Edward in classical... 47 KB (5,929 words) - 10:08, 27 April 2024 |
Harold Godwinson (redirect from Harold the Saxon) Cnut the Great. He became a powerful earl after the death of his father, Godwin, Earl of Wessex. After his brother-in-law, King Edward the Confessor, died... 41 KB (4,799 words) - 02:48, 12 April 2024 |
Earl (redirect from Earls in the United Kingdom) Northumbria to Eric. Later, the earldom of Wessex was granted to Godwin. During the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042–1066), the earls were still royal officers... 34 KB (4,076 words) - 21:44, 24 April 2024 |
Curtana (redirect from Edward the Confessor's sword) bard. The original may also be the sword of Edward the Confessor, although this provenance is debated. The later copy of Curtana was made in the 17th century... 31 KB (3,185 words) - 16:48, 22 January 2024 |
House of Godwin (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB) power of the king. When Edward the Confessor died childless in 1066, he was succeeded by Harold Godwinson. Harold gained a great victory over the Norwegian... 43 KB (4,874 words) - 16:01, 29 February 2024 |
Siward, Earl of Northumbria (redirect from Siward (Sigurd the Dane)) Edward the Confessor, pp. 48–49 Barlow, Edward the Confessor, p. 61 Barlow, Edward the Confessor, pp. 76–77 ASC MS D, s.a. 1043; Barlow, Edward the Confessor... 73 KB (8,119 words) - 03:14, 29 January 2024 |
Emma of Normandy (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB) continued to participate in politics during the reigns of her sons by each husband, Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor. In 1035 when her second husband Cnut... 24 KB (2,801 words) - 18:10, 13 April 2024 |
as the English King Edward the Confessor. The word confessor is derived from the Latin confiteri, 'to confess; to profess'. In the early church, it was... 5 KB (585 words) - 17:48, 20 December 2023 |
Harthacnut (redirect from Knútr III the Hardy) Magnus in Denmark and Edward the Confessor in England. Harthacnut was the last Dane to rule England. Harthacnut was born shortly after the marriage of his parents... 31 KB (3,899 words) - 09:27, 9 April 2024 |
of that family. The attributed arms of Edward the Confessor contain five martlets or (golden martlets). The attribution dates to the 13th century (two... 12 KB (1,425 words) - 00:35, 1 May 2024 |
History of Anglo-Saxon England (redirect from England in the Early Middle Ages) murdered), Edward (known to posterity as Edward the Confessor) became king. Edward was supported by Earl Godwin of Wessex and married the earl's daughter... 80 KB (10,283 words) - 15:23, 17 April 2024 |
Godwin, Earl of Wessex (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference) Godwin was the father of King Harold II (r. January – October 1066) and of Edith of Wessex, who in 1045 married King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066)... 13 KB (1,462 words) - 12:43, 22 April 2024 |
St Edward's Crown is the centrepiece of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. Named after Saint Edward the Confessor, versions of it have traditionally... 20 KB (2,313 words) - 10:29, 22 March 2024 |
English Edward, which if true would place him in Hungary before Stephen's death in 1038. On hearing that Edward was alive, Edward the Confessor recalled... 8 KB (908 words) - 22:25, 31 March 2024 |
Leofric, Earl of Mercia (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference) was the cathedral city of the Hwicce, his people. When Harthacnut suddenly died in 1042, he was succeeded by his half-brother Edward the Confessor. Leofric... 10 KB (1,279 words) - 23:02, 10 February 2024 |
Battle of Hastings (redirect from The battle of hastings) was a decisive Norman victory. The background to the battle was the death of the childless King Edward the Confessor in January 1066, which set up a... 63 KB (7,911 words) - 13:55, 31 March 2024 |
House of Wessex (redirect from Legacy of the House of Wessex) deaths the Danish Cnut the Great and his sons ruled until 1042. The House of Wessex then briefly regained power under Æthelred's son Edward the Confessor, but... 13 KB (1,099 words) - 23:48, 10 April 2024 |
Harold Harefoot (redirect from Harold the First) describes Edward the Confessor and Alfred Aetheling as the sons of Canute, though the modern term would be step-sons. Harold could claim the regency or... 28 KB (3,773 words) - 08:07, 20 April 2024 |
Wilton Diptych (redirect from The Wilton diptych) them by (left to right) the English saints King Edmund the Martyr, King Edward the Confessor and patron saint, John the Baptist. The painting is an outstanding... 24 KB (3,249 words) - 12:23, 14 April 2024 |
Edith of Wessex (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB) marriage to Edward the Confessor from 1045 until Edward's death in 1066. Unlike most English queens in the 10th and 11th centuries, she was crowned. The principal... 11 KB (1,348 words) - 16:36, 22 April 2024 |
Cornwall, he was educated on the continent. At the time Edward the Confessor was in exile before his succession to the English throne, Leofric joined... 19 KB (2,284 words) - 16:24, 11 January 2024 |