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Watched the programme, browsed the web pages? Now try our quick quiz about Edward the Confessor to see how you get on.

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Edward the Confessor may have been born in Islip, Oxfordshire, but where did he spend most of his early life?

Who did Edward's mother, Emma, marry after the death of his father, Ethelred the Unready, in 1016?

Who did Edward succeed as king of England in 1042?

What was Edward's relationship to Hardicanute?

Why was Edward's marriage to Edith in 1045 childless?

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