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Noun: Edward the Confessor
  1. Son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066)
    - Saint Edward the Confessor, St. Edward the Confessor

Type of: King of England, King of Great Britain, saint

Encyclopedia: Edward the Confessor