Daily Medieval

Godwin, Earl of Wessex (c.1001 - 15 April 1053) had played his cards carefully, supporting whomever was in power. Although English, he rose ...

During the time of Edward the Confessor , a Benedictine monk was so talented an artist that it brought him to the attention of the rich and ...

Robert of Jumièges was Norman French, abbot of Jumièges Abbey. In the 1030s, Edward the Confessor was living in exile in Normandy, which is...

Godwin, the Earl of Wessex, was a powerful landowner during the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042 - 1066), and Edward was wary of him. Ed...

Godwin, Earl of Wessex, was very powerful in the England of the 11th century, and he was able to procure good positions for his family. His ...

When Edward the Confessor came to the throne in 1042, he was not in a good position. The country had swayed back and forth between English a...

In 1037, Harold Harefoot was declared king in England. The next year he expelled Emma of Normandy , mother of his half-brother Harthacnut wh...

Æthelred the Unready had several children by two wives. His seventh son (and first by his second wife, Emma of Normandy ), was named Edward...

Window at Cathedral of St. Michael in Veszprém, Hungary, where Gisela is buried Gisela (985 - 1065) was mentioned as the wife of King (...

Remember Edward the Confessor ? He may have had good qualities, but getting along with family was not one of them. Not only was he harsh to...

Edward's life was a series of contrasts. Son of an English king (Ethelred The Unready), he nevertheless spent much of his life in Norm...