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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.
St Edward's Crown
part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
Coronation Chair
coronation chair of British monarchs
St Edward's Sapphire
part of the British Crown Jewels

Vita Ædwardi Regis
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