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Edward the Confessor

noun

Son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066). Synonyms: Saint Edward the Confessor, St. Edward the Confessor.

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... threnodia on the death of Edward the Confessor will be found to correspond, both in metre and expression, with the poetical paraphrase of ...

— The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle • Unknown

... Stephen left an undisputed succession for the first time since the death of Edward the Confessor. Henry, descended equally from the Norman Conqueror and the old English kings, adopted by Stephen, acknowledged by the barons, united in himself every kind of title. It was grown into a custom for the king to grant a charter of liberties on his accession to the crown. Henry also ...

— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VII. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

Words linked to "Edward the Confessor" : Saint Edward the Confessor, saint, King of Great Britain, St. Edward the Confessor, King of England