Edith of Wessex (born 1025)

Edith of Wessex

Queen of England from 1045 to 1066

Edith of Wessex was Queen of England through her marriage to Edward the Confessor from 1045 until Edward's death in 1066. Unlike most English queens in the 10th and 11th centuries, she was crowned. The principal source on her life is a work she herself commissioned, the Vita…