5 Fun Facts About King Edward the Confessor

His Speech:
'Stretching forth his hand to his governor, her brother, Harold, he [Edward] said, 'I commend this woman and all the kingdom to your protection. Serve and honour her with faithful obedience as your lady and sister, which she is, and do not despoil her, as long as she lives, of any due honour got from me', Vita Eadwardi, ii. 11
This of course because he had no children and the magistrate actually determined successors. Edward had many powerful friends that made Harold King.