In the early 1050s, William was theoretically named as the Heir to the English throne by his childless cousin, Edward the ...

Edward, called the Confessor, was born at Islip in Oxfordshire between 1002 and 1005, the son of King Ethelred 'the Unready' and Emma. Driven from England by the Danes, and spending his exile in ...

The story. The pictures of the tapestry tell the story of the adventures of Duke Harold Godwinson, brother-in-law of King Edward the Confessor, who was shipwrecked in Ponthieu in 1064.

Edward the Confessor was a man of great prayer - rather like a crowned monk. He was hailed throughout his life as a gentle, loyal and devoted king. Edward the Confessor on Henry VII's tomb grille © ...

The flame-haired princess, subject of my new novel, was the eldest daughter of Harold II Godwinson, who had also been King Edward the Confessor’s right-hand-man, and his consort Edith the Fair.

Edward the Confessor was a man of great prayer - rather like a crowned monk. He was hailed throughout his life as a gentle, loyal and devoted king. Edward the Confessor on Henry VII's tomb grille © ...