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Edward the Confessor

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

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Edward the Confessor

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  1. Edward the Confessor Emily Zimmerman

  2. Early Life • Born in 1003 • Son of Ethelred and Emma • Edward and Alfred went to Normandy

  3. The “Confessor” • Deeply Religious • Participated in mass

  4. Fighting for the throne • Alfred and Edward try to replace Harold • Alfred Dies • Hardicanute rules • Edward takes thrown April 3, 1043

  5. Edward’s Mother • Bad Relationship • Emma didn’t support Edward for King • Edward had her arrested

  6. Married Life • 1045 • Edith • No Children

  7. Normandy • Spent many years in Normandy • Surrounded and filled his courts with Normans • Godwin was against this

  8. Death • January 5 1066 • No children • 4 possible kings • Harold Earl of Wessex Harold Earl of Wessex

  9. After • Known as the last Saxon King • William defeated Harold at Battle of Hastings • Norman-French rather than Anglo-Saxon

  10. 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

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