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Edward the Confessor
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Edward the Confessor
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(Biographies / Edward the Confessor, Saint (?1002-1066) M, English, POLITICS: hereditary ruler, RELIGION: saint) Saint. ?1002-66, king of England (1042-66); son of Ethelred II; founder of Westminster Abbey. Feast day: Oct. 13
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Noun1.Edward the Confessor - son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066)
Saint Edward the Confessor, St. Edward the Confessor
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1200-1259) and dedicated to Queen Eleanor, The History of Saint Edward the King is a portrayal of the reign of King Edward the Confessor that reveals at least as much (if not more) about the era, values, and dynastic concerns of King Henry III's reign as it does of its titular time period.
The History of Saint Edward the King by Internet Bookwatch
In Nerys Jones's new novel Godiva, the year is 1045 and the Normans are circling, waiting their turn to wrest the English throne away from the Anglo-Saxon barons, and King Edward the Confessor is doing his best to help them.
Tale of sex, power ... and Lady Godiva by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
The writer claimed the ghost was cursing the English king Edward the Confessor.
Oh, what a knight! by Yates, Nathan / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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