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c. 1003Birth of Edward the Confessor at Islip, Oxfordshire.
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1042 - 1066Reign of Edward the Confessor, king of England.
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3 Apr 1043Coronation of Edward the Confessor at Winchester Cathedral.
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23 Jan 1045Edward the Confessor marries Edith Godwin.
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1051William, Duke of Normandy, visits Edward the Confessor who, according to Norman sources, promises William the crown of England.
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1051Edward the Confessor exiles the powerful Godwines for disloyalty.
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1052Edward the Confessor returns the lands and titles to the powerful Godwines.
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Apr 1053Harold Godwinson becomes the Earl of Wessex.
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12 Apr 1053Earl Godwin, Earl of Wessex, dies.
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1054An English army invades Scotland.
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27 Jul 1054An English army defeats Macbeth, king of Scotland at Dunsinane.
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1063 - 1064Harold Godwinson, with help from his brother Tostig, launches a successful military campaign by land and sea against the king of Wales, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.
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Mar 1064Possible visit to Normandy by Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex. Norman writers would claim he was captured and held by William the Conqueror until he promised to be the Norman's vassal in England.
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1065A revolt in Northumbria against Tostig, the Earl of Northumbria, is put down by Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex.
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Dec 1065Consecration of Westminster Abbey, built by Edward the Confessor.
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5 Jan 1066Death of Edward the Confessor at Westminster.
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6 Jan 1066Harold Godwinson is crowned Harold II, king of England, probably in Westminster Abbey.
