Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor was King of the English from 1042 until his death in 1066. He was the last reigning monarch of the House of Wessex.

part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom

coronation chair of British monarchs

part of the British Crown Jewels

anonymous Latin manuscript made c. 1067, commissioned by Edith, wife of King Edward the Confessor, dealing with English history before the Norman Conquest and the holiness of King Edward