Saint Edward the Confessor

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Saint_Edward_the_Confessor
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:saint
English king
gptkbp:birthDate c. 1003
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Islip,_Oxfordshire,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:canonizedBy gptkb:Pope_Alexander_III
1161
gptkbp:child none
gptkbp:coronationDate 3 April 1043
gptkbp:deathDate 5 January 1066
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Westminster,_London,_England
gptkbp:father gptkb:Æthelred_the_Unready
gptkbp:feastDay 13 October
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Wessex
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Saint Edward the Confessor
gptkbp:legacy last king of the House of Wessex
his death led to the Norman Conquest
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Emma_of_Normandy
gptkbp:nickname the Confessor
gptkbp:notableFor building Westminster Abbey
gptkbp:patronage difficult marriages
kings
separated spouses
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Harthacnut
gptkbp:reignEnd 5 January 1066
gptkbp:reignStart 8 June 1042
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Edith_of_Wessex
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Harold_II
gptkb:Harold_Godwinson
gptkbp:title gptkb:King
gptkb:saint
gptkbp:veneratedIn gptkb:Anglican_Communion
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:saint
gptkb:Wilton_Diptych
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5