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• Prénom Edward "The Confessor" King of.
• Il est né environ 1003 dans Islip, Oxfordshire, England.Source 3
• (Ruled ) dans 1042-1066.Source 3
• Il est décédé le 5 janvier 1065/1066 dans London, Middlesex, England.Source 3
• Un enfant de Aethelred II "The Unready" King of England et Emma Princess of Normandy
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 5 avril 2023.

Famille de Edward "The Confessor" King of (Edward "The Confessor" King of) England , St.

Il est marié avec Edith (Eadgyth) Godwin.

Ils se sont mariés le 23 janvier 1044/1045.Source 2

Notes par Edward "The Confessor" King of (Edward "The Confessor" King of) England , St.

Acceded 1042-1066.

Edward 'the Confessor'
In 1042 Edward 'the Confessor' (reigned 1042-66), Ethelred's surviving son, became King. With few rivals (Canute's line was extinct and Edward's only male relatives were two nephews in exile), Edward was undisputed King; the threat of usurpation by the King of Norway rallied the English and Danes in allegiance to Edward. Brought up in exile in Normandy, Edward lacked military ability or reputation. His Norman sympathies caused tensions with one of Canute's most powerful earls, Godwin of Wessex, whose daughter, Edith, Edward married in 1045 (the marriage was childless).
These tensions resulted in the crisis of 1050-52, when Godwin assembled an army to defy Edward. With reinforcements from the earls of Mercia and Northumberland, Edward banished Godwin from the country and sent Queen Edith from court. Edward used the opportunity to appoint Normans to places at court, and as sheriffs at local level. William duke of Normandy may have been designated heir. However, the hostile reaction to this increased Norman influence brought Godwin back. Edward subsequently formed a closer alliance with Godwin's son Harold, who led the army as the King's deputy (he defeated a Welsh incursion in 1055) and whom Edward may have named as heir on his deathbed.

Warding off political threats, England during the last 15 years of Edward's reign was relatively peaceful. Prosperity was rising as agricultural techniques improved and the population rose to around one million. Taxation was comparatively light, as Edward was not an extravagant king and lived off the revenues of his own lands (approximately £5,500 a year) - nor did he have to pay for expensive military campaigns. Deeply religious, Edward was responsible for building Westminster Abbey (in the Norman style) and he was buried there after his death in 1066.

Edward, byname SAINT EDWARD THE CONFESSOR (b. c 1003, Islip, England - d.5 Jan 1066, London; canonized 1161; original feast day January 5, nowOctober 13), king of England from 1042 to 1066. Although he was alistless, ineffectual monarch overshadowed by powerful nobles, hisreputation for piety evidently preserved much of the dignity of thecrown. His close ties to Normandy prepared the way for the conquest ofEngland by Normans under William, Duke of Normandy (later King William Ithe Conqueror), in 1066.

Edward was the son of King Ethelred II the Unready (reigned 978-1016) andEmma, daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. When the Danes invadedEngland in 1013, the family escaped to Normandy; the following yearEdward returned to England with the ambassadors who negotiated the pactthat returned his father to power. After Ethelred's death in 1016 theDanes again took control of England. Edward lived in exile in Normandyuntil 1041, when he returned to the London court of his half brother(Emma was their mother), King Hardecanut. Edward succeeded to the thronein 1042 and quickly seized the property of his mother, who had plottedagainst his accession. Nevertheless, for the first 11 years of his reignhe real master of England was Godwine, Earl of Wessex. Edward marriedGodwine's daughter Edith in 1045, but by 1049 a breach had occurredbetween the two men. In 1051 Edward outlawed the Godwine family anddismissed Edith. During this period Edward was rapidly losing popularityby giving foreigners - particularly Normans - high positions in hisgovernment. Hence in 1053 Godwine and his sons were able to gather largeforces against the king. They forced Edward to restore their lands, andthey exiled many of his foreign favourites. Upon Godwine's death in1053, his son Harold became the dominant power in the kingdom. It wasHarold rather than Edward who subjugated Wales in 1063 and negotiatedwith the rebellious Northumbrians in 1065. Consequently, Edward on hisdeathbed named Harold as his successor even though he allegedly hadalready promised the crown to William. William killed Harold at theBattle of Hastings, Sussex, in October 1066, and two months later heascended the throne. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]

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