Edward the Confessor
Emily Zimmerman
Early Life
• Born in 1003• Son of Ethelred and Emma• Edward and Alfred went to Normandy
The “Confessor”
• Deeply Religious• Participated in mass
Fighting for the throne
• Alfred and Edward try to replace Harold
• Alfred Dies• Hardicanute rules• Edward takes thrown April 3, 1043
Edward’s Mother
• Bad Relationship• Emma didn’t support Edward for King• Edward had her arrested
Married Life
• 1045• Edith• No Children
Normandy
• Spent many years in Normandy • Surrounded and filled his courts with
Normans • Godwin was against this
Death
• January 5 1066• No children• 4 possible kings• Harold Earl of Wessex
Harold Earl of Wessex
After
• Known as the last Saxon King • William defeated Harold at Battle of
Hastings • Norman-French rather than Anglo-
Saxon
Resources
• http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon20.html• http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05322a.htm• http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDedward.htm• http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/
edward_the_confessor.htm• http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/theclaimants.htm