Edward the Confessor & Westminster Abbey
Edward the Confessor (1003-1066)
Edward was the oldest son of Ethelred II (Ethelred the Unready
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelred_the_Unready) and Emma of Normandy
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_of_Normandy). He wast he penultimate
Anglo-Saxon king of England.
The family was exiled in Normandy after the Danish invasion of 1013 so
Edward spent the first part of his life in Normandy. He grew up in deep
religious views and gained the nickname ''Confessor''. As Edward was
seperated from his family and grew up in a strange land, it is said that his
childhood wasn't a happy one.
After Ethelred's death in 1016 the Danes again took control of England. The
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