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| Aethelred the Unready (978 - 1016) |
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1013 | Autumn |  Emma and Edward leave England
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| | Forced to leave England by the invasion from Denmark, Emma Athelred's wife, fled to Normandy assisted by the Bishop of Peterborough. Sons Edward (the Confessor) and Alfred followed later along with the Bishop of London. Ethelred was not far behind. |
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1014 | Feb 3 | Swein dies
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| | Swein Fork-Beard died. Canute left England not sure of his ability to hold the country but returned a year later. Athelred sent ambassadors to England, including his own son Edward (later the Confessor) to negotiate a possible return. |
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| Edward the Confessor (1042 - 1066) |
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1042 | Jun 8 | Harthacanute dies and Edward the Confessor becomes King
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| | Harthacanute collapsed while attending a party and died shortly afterwards. He died without an heir and so the crown reverted back to the Saxons and Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England at Easter of 1043 at Winchester. After the death of Harthacanute Magnus took control in Denmark. |
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1043 | Mar 97 | Edward the Confessor crowned
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| | Edward the Confessor was crowned at Winchester on Easter day. |
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| Nov | Edward confiscated Emma's land
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| | Edward learnt that his mother Emma was plotting with Dane Magnus of Norway to take control of the English throne. Edward had no choice and stripped his mother of her land and treasure. Emma was allowed to stay in England until her death. |
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1045 | | Crinan killed during uprising
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| | Crinan, the Abbot of Dunkfeld, led an uprising against Macbeth in an attempt to put his grandson Malcolm (III) on the Scottish throne. Malcolm was living at the court of Edward the Confessor at the time. Crinian was killed and the uprising failed. |
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| Jan | Edward marries
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| | Edward married Edith, the daughter of Earl Godwine. Godwine was then in an extremely powerful position being related to the King of England. |
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1051 | | Edward expels the Godwine family
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| | An incident occurred when Eustace II Count of Boulogne visited Edward the Confessor, his brother-in-law. The incident occurred in Dover where a fight broke out between the Norman visitors and the locals. Several people were killed. The area of Dover was under the control of the Godwine family and Edward the Confessor, who blamed the people of Dover for the fight, told Godwine to deal with them. Godwine refused to obey Edward's order and in response Edward raised an army and forced the Godwine family into exile. |
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| | Edward abolishes miltary tax
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| | The unpopular military tax was abolished by Edward the Confessor. It had been collected for many years to provide funds for defending the country from raiders.
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1052 | May | Godwines invade England
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| | Godwine, Earl of Wessex, his son Harold and a large fleet sailed up the Thames to London forcing Edward to reinstate them into their previous positions of power. |
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1053 | | Edward the Exile invited to England
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| | Harold Godwinson invited the exiled Edward the Exile back to England in the hope that he could claim the English throne from Edward the Confessor. |
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1065 | Dec | Dedication of Westminster Abbey
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| | Work on the Abbey at Westminster was either complete or very nearly so at its dedication. Edward the Confessor who had devoted himself to creation was to die less than two weeks later. |
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| William the Conqueror (1066 - 1087) |
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1066 | Jan 4 | Edward the Confessor dies
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| | Edward the Confessor died at Westminster. The death of Edward was an important event in the chain of events that led up to the invasion by William the Conqueror from Normandy. |
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| Henry III (1216 - 1272) |
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1245 | | Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey
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| | Henry started the work of rebuilding Westminster Abbey as a tribute to Edward the Confessor. |
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| Edward I (1272 - 1307) |
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1272 | Nov 16 | Henry III dies
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| | Henry was buried in the church of St. Peter's at Westminster (which he had rebuilt) in the former grave of Edward the Confessor whose remains Henry had moved to a golden shrine. |
