The palace said the original was thought to date back to the 11th-century royal saint, Edward the Confessor, who was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. The replacement crown, commissioned from ...

Edward the Confessor, who was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. The St. Edward's Crown is only used to crown a new king or queen during the coronation ceremony, last used in 1953 for King ...

Edward the Confessor: King of England ... brother-in-law of King Edward and despite having the weakest claim to the Crown, he was in the strongest position. William claimed that Harold had ...

But when Harthacnut died, the English crown went to Harthacnut’s Anglo-Saxon half-brother instead- none other than Edward the Confessor. Magnus died soon afterwards, so when the English crown ...

A gilded silver coin brooch that was the height of fashion during the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) has been found by a metal detectorist. The discovery was made in August 2020 near ...