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Edward the Andetter (Old English: Ēadƿeard Andettere; Leeden: Eduardus Confessor; c. 1003 – 5 Afteryule 1066) was one of the last Angle-Saxish kings of England. Wontly deemed the last king of the House of Wessex, he rixed from 1042 to 1066.
| ㅤㅤㅤㅤEdward the Andetter | |
| Birth | umb. 1003–1005
Islip, Oxfordshire, England |
| Death | 5 Afteryule 1066 (elded 60–63)
London, England |
| Wife | Edith of Wessex |
| House | Wessex |
| Forecomer (England) | Harthacnut |
| Afterfollower | Harold Godwinson |
| Father | Elred the Unready |
| Mother | Emma of Normandy |
Edward was the son of Elred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He afterfollowed Cnut the Great's son – and his own half-brother – Harthacnut. He ednewed the lead of the House of Wessex after the time of Danish kingship since King Cnut in 1016. When Edward died in 1066, he was followed by Harold Godwinson, who was overcome and killed in the same year by Normans under William the Overwinner at the Hild of Hastings. Edward’s young great-nephew Edgar the Etheling of House Wessex was deemed king after the Hild of Hastings in 1066, but was never wreathed and was frithfully cast aside after about eight weeks.
Erelorers are moot towards Edward's somewhat long 24-year kingship. His nickname shows the olden showing of him as unworldly and godly. "Andetter" shows his name as a hallow who did not become a rood-bearer unlike his uncle, King Edward the Bloot. Some speak of Edward the Andetter's kingship as leading to the loss of kingly sway in England and more sway for House Godwin, in light of the infighting that began after his death with no heirs to the gifseat. Lifetalers Frank Barlow and Peter Rex, on the other hand, speak of Edward as a gainful king, one who was driven, down-to-earth and sometimes ruthless; they hold that the Normandish overrun shortly after his death besmirched his name. However, Richard Mortimer saith that the gainfare of the Godwins from banishing in 1052 "meant the full end of his hand of sway", onhailing Edward's slowed doings as implying "a withdrawal from business".
About a yearfivescore later, in 1161, Holy Father Alexander III hallowed the king. Edward was one of England's hallows until King Edward III made George of Lydda the hallow of the land in 1350. Hallow Edward's feast day is 13 Harvestmonth, frealsed by both the Church of England and the Roomanish Broad-Church in England and Wales.