ROYAL FAMILY TREE

Tracing the family history of the English and Scottish Royal Family back over 1000 years

Edward the Confessor
1003 - 1066

Edward the Confessor
  • Born 1003
  • Islip
  • Died Fri, 5 January 1066
  • London
  • Buried
  • Westminster Abbey, Westminster
Details
Parents
    • King of England
    • Wed, 8 June 1042 - Fri, 5 January 1066
    • Crowned Mon, 3 April 1043 at Winchester Cathedral, Winchester
    • Reigned 23 years, 6 months, 28 days
  • King
  • Edward the Confessor
  • Lived 62 years, 6 months, 4 days

Canonised in 1161

father

  • Æthelred the Unready
  • 0966 - 1016

mother

  • Emma of Normandy
  • 0984 - 1052
Siblings

Sister

Godgifu
  • Godgifu
  • 1004 - 1049

Brother

Alfred Aetheling
  • Alfred Aetheling
  • 1005 - 1036
Family

Wife

Edith of Wessex
  • Edith of Wessex
  • 1025 - 1075
  • Married Thursday, 23 January 1045
  • Groom was 41 Bride was 19
  • Marriage lasted 20 years, 11 months, 13 days
  • Ended on death of Husband