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Edward the Confessor
Anglo-Saxon King of England from 1042 to 1066
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- Instance of
- human
- Died
- 5 January 1066
- Place of birth
- Islip
- Place of death
- Westminster, London
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Edward
- Father
- Æthelred the Unready
- Mother
- Emma of Normandy
- Spouse
- Edith of Wessex
- Sibling
- Gunhilda of Denmark, Goda of England, Æthelstan Ætheling, Edmund II of England, Harthacanute, Eadwig Ætheling, Alfred Aetheling, Eadred Ætheling
- Field of work
- politics, Christianity, central government
- Occupation
- monarch, politician
- Position held
- monarch of England
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Religion
- Catholicism
- canonization status
- saint
- described by source
- Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1950–1958), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The New Student's Reference Work
- educated at
- The King's School Ely
- family
- House of Wessex
- feast day
- January 5
- name in native language
- Edward the Confessor
- place of burial
- Westminster Abbey
- subject has role
- Confessor of the Faith
- topic's main category
- Category:Edward the Confessor
- work location
- England
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