Edward the Confessor

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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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Generate an image of Edward the Confessor (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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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 ⓘ
birthDate c. 1003 ⓘ
c. 1004 ⓘ
birthPlace Islip, Oxfordshire ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
burial shrine in Westminster Abbey ⓘ
burialPlace 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 ⓘ
dynasty House of Wessex ⓘ
era Late Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
father Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
feastDay 13 October ⓘ
5 January ⓘ
fullName Edward the Confessor ⓘ
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 Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of 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 Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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subject linked to: Westminster Abbey, London
Westminster Abbey → burialPlaceOf → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
subject linked to: Westminster Abbey, London
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 ⓘ
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House of Wessex → hasNotableMember → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
Cristina of England → notableRelative → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
St Edward's School, Oxford → namedAfter → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
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Godwin, Earl of Wessex → sonInLaw → King Edward the Confessor ⓘ
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House of Godwin → governedUnderMonarch → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
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Tostig Godwinson → relative → King Edward the Confessor ⓘ
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linked to: Edward the Confessor
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster → hasPatronSaint → Saint Edward the Confessor ⓘ
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St. Edward's University → namedAfter → Saint Edward the Confessor ⓘ
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English monarchs → notableMonarch → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
Eustace II, Count of Boulogne → relative → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
St Edward the Confessor Church → namedAfter → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
St Edward the Confessor Church → hasPatronSaint → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
Encomium Emmae Reginae → associatedWith → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
King of the Anglo-Saxons → notableTitleHolder → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
Alfred Ætheling → sibling → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
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Alfred Ætheling → notableRelative → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
subject linked to: Alfred Aetheling
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linked to: Edward the Confessor
Edmund (son of Edmund Ironside) → relative → Edward the Confessor ⓘ
Edmund II → relative → Edward the Confessor ⓘ