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The 14 pages that link to Edward the Confessor, each with the reason it gives.

• Norman ConquestRelated: His death left the English throne contested.

• William the ConquerorRelated: William claimed Edward had promised him the English throne.

• Battle of HastingsRelated: Competing accounts of Edward’s promises helped William justify his claim to the throne.

• Henry III of EnglandRelated: Henry revered Edward and rebuilt the abbey around the saint’s shrine.

• Cnut the GreatRelated: His accession restored the House of Wessex after Cnut’s dynasty lost the English throne.

• Battle of Stamford BridgeRelated: His death created the contested throne that both Harold and Harald sought to claim.

• Harold GodwinsonRelated: Edward’s death without a widely accepted heir precipitated the succession crisis Harold entered.

• Westminster AbbeyRelated: His shrine anchors the abbey’s origins as a royal church and pilgrimage destination.

• House of WessexBroader topic: His death without a surviving heir ended the dynasty’s rule and triggered a succession crisis.

• Royal touchRelated: Later tradition credited Edward with establishing the English monarch’s healing touch.

• North Sea EmpireRelated: His accession ended the Danish royal line’s rule in England.

• Tostig GodwinsonRelated: Tostig held power as an earl under Edward, whose court managed the tensions around his rule.

• Battle of FulfordRelated: His death without a direct heir intensified competing claims to the crown.

• Harold HarefootRelated: Edward was Alfred’s brother and another potential focus for opposition to Harold.