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Edward "Aetheling, the Confessor, King of England" Wessex 1002–1066 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jul 1002

Birth Location: Islip, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 5 Jan 1066

Death Location: England

Father: King Wessex

Mother: Emma Normandie

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In 1002, Edward "Aetheling, the Confessor, King of England" Wessex entered the world in Islip, Oxfordshire, England, born to King Thelred The Unready Rede Less King Of England Wessex And Emma Normandie. Edward "Aetheling, the Confessor, King of England" Wessex passed away in 1066 in England.

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Biography

  • In 1002, Edward "Aetheling, the Confessor, King of England" Wessex entered the world in Islip, Oxfordshire, England, born to King Thelred The Unready Rede Less King Of England Wessex And Emma Normandie.
  • Edward "Aetheling, the Confessor, King of England" Wessex passed away in 1066 in England.

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Edward Wessex's Ancestors

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Edward Wessex
1002–1066
Birth Place: Islip, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
King Æthelred "The Unready, Rede-less, King of England" Wessex
–1016
Wessex, England
Emma Normandie
–1052
Normandie, France
Grandparents
Edgar ("the Peaceable, Pacificus, King of England") Wessex
Wessex, England
Ælfthryth ("Queen of England") Devon
Lydford Castle, Devon, England
Richard, (Duke of Normandy) I
Fecamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Gunnora Crepon
–1031
Arques, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Wessex
Saint Shaftesbury
Ordgar Devon
Guillaume Normandie
Sprote Bourgogne
Prince Crepon
Queen Sweden
–1011
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Eadweard Wessex
Queen Kent
Sigehelm Kent
Rollo Normandy
Poppa Bayeux
Richard (Uncertain)
Adelaide (Uncertain)

Edward Wessex's Timeline

2 Records

1002
Jul 1002
Birth of Edward "Aetheling, the Confessor, King of England" Wessex in Islip, Oxfordshire, England
Islip, Oxfordshire, England
1066
5 Jan 1066
Age 64
Death of Edward "Aetheling, the Confessor, King of England" Wessex in England
England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jul 1002
    Event Place: Islip, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Jan 1066
    Event Place: England

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