Edward the Confessor, usually considered to be the last king of the House of Wessex, was crowned King of England.

Edward the Confessor

King of England from 1042 to 1066

Edward the Confessor was King of England from 1042 until his death in 1066. He was the last reigning monarch of the House of Wessex.

House of Wessex

English royal dynasty

The House of Wessex, also known as the House of Cerdic, the House of the West Saxons, the House of the Gewisse, the Cerdicings and the West Saxon dynasty, refers to the family, traditionally founded by Cerdic of the Gewisse, that ruled Wessex in Southern England from the early…

List of English monarchs

This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up modern England. Alfred styled himself king of the Anglo-Saxons from about 886, and while he was…