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Edward the Confessor (1003/1005 - 5 January 1066) was King of the English from 1042 until his death in 1066. He was the last reigning monarch of the House of Wessex.

Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeeded Cnut the Great's son - and his own half-brother - Harthacnut.

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