Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor^[1] (stween 1003 an 1005 – 5 Januar 1066), son o Æthelred the Unready an Emma o Normandy, wis ane o the last Anglo-Saxon keengs o Ingland an is uisually regardit as the last king o the Hoose o Wessex, rulin frae 1042 tae 1066.^[2]

Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor enthroned, openin scene o the Bayeux Tapestry
Keeng o the Inglis
Ring	8 Juin 1042 – 5 Januar 1066
Coronation	3 Aprile 1043, Winchester Cathedral
Predecessor	Harthacnut
Successor	Harold
Born	c. 1003–1005 Islip, Oxfordshire, Ingland
Dee'd	(1066-01-05)5 Januar 1066 (aged about 62) Lunnon, Ingland
Buirial	Westminster Abbey, Ingland
Spouse	Edith o Wessex
Hoose	House o Wessex
Faither	Æthelred the Unready
Mither	Emma o Normandy
Releegion	Catholicism

References

1. The nummering o Inglis monarchs stairts anew efter the Norman conquest, which explains why the regnal nummers assigned tae Inglis krrngs named Edward begin wi the later Edward I o Ingland an dae nae include Edward the Confessor (who wis the third Keeng Edward).
2. His successor Harold Godwinson wis o the Hoose o Godwin. Edgar the Aetheling wis proclaimed keeng after the Battle o Hastings in 1066, but never ruled an wis deponed efter aboot aicht weeks.