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Edward I, The Confessor
Edward I, The Confessor
Godwine and Edward the Confessor
In 1035 Cnut died and the throne was once more contested. Only one of Cnut's three sons was legitimate - Harthacnut. His mother, Emma of Normandy and her adviser, Godwine, Earl of Wessex, thought Harthacnut should be declared king at once but their arrival in England was delayed. Their rival Leofric proposed another of Cnut's sons as king and so it was that Harold I, known as Harold Harefoot, came to the throne.

Harold died very soon. Now Harthacnut became king only to die at about the age of 25 in 1042.

So it was that Edward, Emma of Normandy's second son by Aethelred became King Edward. This was Edward the Confessor. Godwine, with his eldest son Harold (who later became Harold of Hastings), became more and more powerful. Edward died in 1065 and on his death Edgar, son of the king's nephew claimed the throne but the English had to decide between a respect for the royal line and a need to be protected and they chose the latter and Harold became king.

EMMA OF NORMANDY (d. 1052)

  • Queen of the English, daughter of Richard I of the Normans
  • Married Aethelred II the Unready and, on his death, Cnut
  • Created dynastic links between England and Normandy

did you know?
Emma of Normandy was the mother of two English kings: Edward the Confessor and Harthacnut

Edward the Confessor was albino.

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Chronology
1040Harthacnut becomes king of England
Macbeth becomes king of Scotland
1042Edward the Confessor becomes king of England
1052Earl Godwine returns to England and regains Wessex
1058Malcolm III Canmore, king of Scots

Some Saxon Churches to Visit
Undedicated, Corhampton, Hampshire
St Mary, Breamore, Fordingbridge, Hampshire
St Margaret, Lower Halstow, Kent
St Andrew, Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland (part thereof)
St Mary the Virgin, Strethall, Essex


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