This ruler allowed port cities to keep legal fees in court cases in exchange for naval defense when needed in the arrangement of "Cinque Ports.
This ruler allowed port cities to keep legal fees in court cases in exchange for naval defense when needed in the arrangement of "Cinque Ports." This ruler was constantly in the service of the earls Siward and Leofric, and he increased his number of Norman advisors, angering the Witan. During this man's reign the citizens of Dover rioted against Eustace of Boulogne, partially in response to this man's appointment of Robert of Jumieges as Archbishop of Canterbury, which angered his father in law (*) Godwin. His intended successor was the ill-fated Edgar Aethling, the son of his brother Edmund Ironside. This ruler was the son of Emma of Normandy and Aethelred the Unready, and he either promised the throne to Harold or William. For 10 points, name this Anglo-Saxon king who first constructed Westminster Abbey and who was canonized as a saint.
This ruler allowed port cities to keep legal fees in court cases in exchange for naval defense when needed in the arrangement of "Cinque Ports.
Edward the Confessor [prompt on Edward]