Edward the Confessor Timeline

Birth of Edward the Confessor at Islip, Oxfordshire.

Reign of Edward the Confessor, king of England.

Coronation of Edward the Confessor at Winchester Cathedral.

Edward the Confessor marries Edith Godwin.

William, Duke of Normandy, visits Edward the Confessor who, according to Norman sources, promises William the crown of England.

Edward the Confessor exiles the powerful Godwines for disloyalty.

Edward the Confessor returns the lands and titles to the powerful Godwines.

Harold Godwinson becomes the Earl of Wessex.

Earl Godwin, Earl of Wessex, dies.

An English army invades Scotland.

An English army defeats Macbeth, king of Scotland at Dunsinane.

Harold Godwinson, with help from his brother Tostig, launches a successful military campaign by land and sea against the king of Wales, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.

Possible 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.

A revolt in Northumbria against Tostig, the Earl of Northumbria, is put down by Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex.

Consecration of Westminster Abbey, built by Edward the Confessor.

Death of Edward the Confessor at Westminster.

Harold Godwinson is crowned Harold II, king of England, probably in Westminster Abbey.