Edward The Confessor: A journey to the throne
The Long and Winding Journey of How Edward The Confessor became King Of England It wasn't an easy journey and took a lot of effort. Edward's father, Ethelred-I-Need-To-Prepare-Some-More, was king. But he abdicated in favour of an invading Cnut. Not a misspelling. I'm pretty sure he was called worse back in the day. It was actually Sweyn Forkbeard, the Cnut the Great's father, who seized the throne from Ethelred The Unready, Edward The Confessor's father . Have you noticed how difficult it is to make jokes out of the names of Kings back in the day? As a result of the new change in leadership in England , Ex-King Ethelred-The-Unready, Edward-Not-Yet-A-Confessor, Alfred-Brother-Of-Edward (keep an eye on him), and the sister with the weird name, fled into exile to Normandy. There went a bit of back and forth for the next few years. Sweyn...