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Personal data Edward "The Confessor" (Edward "The Confessor") (King of England) 

  • First name Edward "The Confessor".
  • He was born in the year 1003 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England.
  • (Royal House) in the year 1003: "WESSEX".
  • (Canonized) on October 13, 1161: Edward was canonized in 1161 by Pope Alexander III, and is commemorated on 13 October by the Catholic Church of England and Wales and the Church of England. He was regarded as one of the national saints of England until King Edward III adopted Saint Georg.
  • He died on January 5, 1066 in London, Engalnd, he was 63 years old.
  • He is buried in the year 1066 in Westminster, England.
    Westminster Abbey
  • A child of Æthelred "The Unready" (King of England) and Emma of Normandy (Queen Consort of England, Denmark & Norway)

Household of Edward "The Confessor" (Edward "The Confessor") (King of England)

He is married to Edith "Of Wessex" (Queen Consort of England).

They got married on January 23, 1045, he was 42 years old.

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