Edward the Confessor marries Edith of Wessex
1045 · Event
Edward marries Godwin's daughter Edith, binding the king to the earl whose men had blinded his brother.
On these timelines: Norman Conquest, England, Master, Women in history, United Kingdom (combined)
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