This king ordered the Welshman Rhys ap Rhydderch to be executed for joining a Viking raid of England.
This king ordered the Welshman Rhys ap Rhydderch to be executed for joining a Viking raid of England. Like Henry I, this king has a 12th-century collection of laws named after him, even though he did not make any significant changes to the law. A controversy erupted over his appointment of Robert of Jumieges as Archbishop of Canterbury. He was supported by Leofric and Siward in his conflict with Earl Godwin. His mother favored Magnus the Good over him, and in return he confiscated her property; that mother, Emma of Normandy, was also the mother of this king's predecessor, Harthacnut. He began the construction of Westminster Abbey, and he is the only English king to have been canonized. For 10 points, name this penultimate Anglo-Saxon king of England, famous for his piety.
This king ordered the Welshman Rhys ap Rhydderch to be executed for joining a Viking raid of England.
Edward the Confessor