What is Edward the Confessor?
{{Infobox Royalty | name = Edward the Confessor | image = Edward the Confessor, the Wilton Diptych.jpg | succession = [[List of English monarchs|King of the English]] | moretext = ([[Style of the British sovereign#English sovereigns|more...]]) | reign = 8 June 1042 — 5 January 1066 | coronation = 3 April 1043 | predecessor = [[Harthacanute|Cnut II]] | successor = [[Harold Godwinson|Harold II]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Edith of Wessex]]|1045}} | issue = | house = [[House of Wessex|Wessex]] | father = [[Ethelred the Unready|Athelred II of England]] | mother = [[Emma of Normandy]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1003|4|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Islip, Oxfordshire|Islip]], [[Oxfordshire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1066|1|5|1003|4|4|df=yes}} | death_place = [[London]] | burial_place = [[Westminster Abbey]] | religion = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] }} {{Infobox Saint | name = Saint Edward of England | image = | caption = Icon of St King Edward | titles = [[Saint]], [[Confessor of the Faith]], [[Protector of the Weak]], [[Servant of God]], [[King]] | canonized_date = 7 Feburary 1161 | canonized_place = [[Rome]] | canonized_by = [[Pope Alexander III]] | major_shrine = [[Westminster Abbey]], London | feast_day = 13 October | venerated_in = [[Catholic Church]] and [[Church of England]] | attributes = | patronage = [[England]], [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom]] }} '''Edward the Confessor''' (4 April 1003 — 5 January 1066) also nicknamed as '''the Saint''', '''the Pious''', and '''the Faithful''' was the [[List of English monarchs|King of England]] from 1042 until his death in 1066. During his reign, England experienced [[peace]], [[stability]], and prosperity. The kingdom was also very unstoppable and also, the kingdom's life quality and the [[standard of living]] and [[health care]] improved a