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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: 1066 births, 1066 deaths, 1066 disestablishments, 1066 establishments, Conflicts in 1066, Harold Godwinson, Battle of Hastings, Harald Hardrada, Edward the Confessor, Battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066 and All That, Tostig Godwinson, Ly Nhan Tong, Ifranid dynasty, List of state leaders in 1066, 1066 Granada massacre, Al-Juwayni, Battle of Fulford, Stenkil, Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Hedingham Castle, Gottschalk, r pati, Theobald of Provins, Henry, Count of Portugal, Arialdo, Rostislav of Tmutarakan, Herluin de Conteville, Conan II, Duke of Brittany, Al-Bayhaqi, Gyrth Godwinson, Taillefer, Ermengol III, Count of Urgell, Leofwine Godwinson, Godfrey of Amiens, Cresconius of Santiago de Compostela, Ibn Butlan, Hawise, Duchess of Brittany, Yahya of Antioch, Fulk of Vendome, Eric Stenkilsson, Taifa of Moron, Udayadityavarman II, Eberhard, John Scotus, Godric the Sheriff, AElfwig, William II, Count of Besalu, Ibn Sidah, Ordric. Excerpt: Edward the Confessor (Old English: French: c. 1003 - 5 January 1066), son of AEthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066. He has traditionally been seen as unworldly and pious, and his reign as marking the continuing disintegration of royal power in England and the advancement in power of the earls. However, modern historians regard him as a successful king, who was energetic, resourceful and sometimes ruthless, but whose reputation has been unfairly tarnished by the Norman conquest shortly after his death. Edward had succeeded Cnut the Great's son Harthacnut, restoring the rule of the House of Wessex after the period of Danish rule since Cnut had conquered England in 1016. When Edward died in 1066 he was succeeded by Harold Godwinson, who was defeated and kil.
