Edward III 'The_Confessor' England

b 1004, Islip, Oxford, , England
d 05 Jan 1066, , , , England			Edward I, 'The_Elder' England	>
61 18 May 1933,		Edmund I, 'Magnificent' England	Edgiva, Queen Of England	>
	Edgar 'The Peacable', England	b 0923
	\| b 0943	Elgiva, Queen Of England
Ethelred II, 'The_Unready' England, King of England	d 08 Jul 0975	b 0922
\|b 0968	\|	Ordgar Ealdorman
\|d 23 Apr 1016	Elfrida (Elfthryth), Queen England	b 0922
\|	b 0947	Mrs-Ordgar Ealdorman
Edward III 'The_Confessor' England	d 1000	b 0927	Rollo Duke Of Normandy	>
\|		Guillaume (William) Duke Normandy	Poppa, Duchess Of Normandy	>
\|	Richard I 'The_Fearless' Normandy, [Duke]	b 0876	Hubert Senlis, [Count of]
\|	\|b 28 Aug 0933	Sporte De Bretagne	Hubert Mrs.
Emma, Princess Of Normandy, [Queen]	d 20 Nov 0996	b 0878
b 0982	\|	Herbastus De Crepon
d 06 Mar 1052	Gonnor De Crepon, [Duchess]	b 0911
	b 0936	Mrs-Herbastus De Crepon
	d 1031	b 0916

Notes

Edward III 'The Confessor', King Of England the last English king descended from Alfred the Great, succeeded his half-brother, Hardecanute, in 1042. Edward was a weak ruler. Most of his reign was dominated either by his father-in-law, Godwin, Earol of the West Saxons, or by Norman advisors and friends whom he advanced to important governmental and church positions.

Edward was a pious man. He founded Westminster Abbey, which was completed in 1065. Pope Alexander III cannonized him in 1161 with the title of Confessor.

Edward was childless, and the great problem of his later years was the succession to the throne. William, Duke of Normandy, claimed the throne by Edward's grant. Harold, Godwin's son, claimed it by Edward's deathbed concession and the choice of the nobles. This dispute made a war for the kingdom inevitable.

Source: 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, p E76.

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