Edward the Confessor

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Edward the Confessor

Born: c. 1004
Birthplace: Islip, Oxfordshire, England
Died: 4-Jan-1066
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Westminster Abbey, London, England

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Royalty

Nationality: England
Executive summary: King of England, 1042-66

Father: King Ethelred II
Mother: Emma
Brother: Alfred
Wife: Edith of Wessex (23-Jan-1045, never consummated)

UK Monarch (8-Jun-1042 to 4-Jan-1066)
Exiled to Normandy (1013-41)
Canonization 1161

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