A question about two Anglo-Saxon kings?

Question

Was Edward the Confessor Edward II?The same goes for Harold who came to the throne after him. I know it might sound stupid, but I was wondering if there had actually been Edward I and Harold I? If not, why the two of them are called the second? :-)
Thanks!

Answer 1

Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Confessor
Harold Harefoot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Harefoot

Answer 2

No Edward the Confessor was not Edward the second I think there was an Edward the elder Edward the martyr then edward the confessor
Harold " harefoot" came before harold the second.
I think the Edward were from the line of alfred the great and hte harold were from the line of Swen Forkbeard King of denmark and norway.
Henry the second was from the normans edward the 2 was from the plantagenets.

I think I dont know its confusing
They realy need to bring the nicknames back.

Answer 3

Edward the Confessor was king of England from 1042-66.
Edward II was king of England from 1307-27.
Edward I was king of England from 1272-1307.
Harold I was king of England from 1037-40.
Harold II was king of England in 1066, successor of Edward the Confessor.

Answer 4

Edward I was originally known as Edward IV, recognising three predecessor Saxon kings. Edward believed that he had a claim to the throne of France and, to establish his French connection, was persuaded to change his title, establishing the custom of numbering monarchs from The Norman Conquest.

Answer 5

"Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III (c. 1004 – 4 January 1066), son of Ethelred the Unready, was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England and the last of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 until his death.1 His reign marked the continuing disintegration of royal power in England and the aggrandizement of the great territorial earls, and it foreshadowed the country's later connection with Normandy, whose duke William I was to supplant Edward's successors Harold Godwinson and Edgar Ætheling as England's ruler.
He succeeded his half-brother Harthacanute, who had successfully regained the throne of England after being dispossessed by their mutual step-brother, Harold Harefoot; Edward and his brother Alfred the Aetheling, both sons of Emma of Normandy by Ethelred the Unready, had previously failed to depose Harold in 1036."

"Edward II, (April 25, 1284 – September 21, 1327), of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until deposed in January, 1327. His tendency to ignore his nobility, in favour of low-born favourites, led to constant political unrest and eventually to his deposition. He is today perhaps best remembered for a story about his alleged murder, which was linked to his reliance on the corrupt family of Hugh le Despenser, which has been seen by some as evidence of his homosexuality."

King Harold II of England
c. 1020-1066

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The son of the powerful Anglo-Saxon Earl Godwin of Wessex, Harold Godwinson (also Godwineson) was a strong political and military leader in his own right. The Godwins were in frequent opposition to the francophile king, Edward the Confessor, whom Harold served as chief minister for more than 12 years. Edward allegedly named William of Normandy as his heir in 1051; however, on his deathbed, the old king evidently chose Harold to succeed him. Godwinson wasted no time in getting the Witenagemot to confirm his kingship and took the throne the day after Edward's death. He was to be the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.

Harold's reign was short and turbulent. He prepared for an invasion by William, but was sidetracked by an attack by Harald Hardrada, the King of Norway, who was allied with Harold's brother Tostig. After defeating the invaders at Stamford Bridge, Harold took his army south to meet William and, after a long and fierce battle, died at Hastings along with two of his brothers."

"Harold Godwinson, or Harold II of England (c. 1022 – October 14, 1066) was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon King of England.[1] He ruled from January 5 to October 14, 1066 when he was killed at the Battle of Hastings.
Harold's father was Godwin, the powerful Earl of Wessex himself a son to Wulfnoth Cild, Thegn of Sussex (now believed to be descended from King Ethelred I, the elder brother of Alfred the Great).

Here's a list:

House of Wessex
Egbert (802-39)
Aethelwulf (839-55)
Aethelbald (855-60)
Aethelbert (860-6)
Aethelred (866-71)
Alfred, the Great (871-99)
Edward, the Elder (899-925)
Athelstan (925-40)
Edmund, the Magnificent (940-6)
Eadred (946-55)
Eadwig (Edwy), All-Fair (955-59)
Edgar, the Peaceable (959-75)
Edward, the Martyr (975-78)
Aethelred, the Unready (978-1016)
Edmund, Ironside (1016)

Danish Line
Svein, Forkbeard (1014)
Canute, the Great (1016-35)
Harald, Harefoot (1035-40)
Hardicanute (1040-42)

House of Wessex, Restored
Edward, the Confessor (1042-66)
Harold II (1066)

Norman Line
William I, the Conqueror (1066-87)
William II, Rufus (1087-1100)
Henry I, Beauclerc (1100-35)
Stephen (1135-54)
Empress Matilda (1141)

Plantagenet, Angevin Line
Henry II, Curtmantle (1154-89)
Richard I the Lionheart (1189-99)
John, Lackland (1199-1216)
Henry III (1216-72)
Edward I, Longshanks (1272-1307)
Edward II (1307-27)
Edward III (1327-77)
Richard II (1377-99)

Plantagenet, Lancastrian Line
Henry IV, Bolingbroke (1399-1413)
Henry V (1413-22)
Henry VI (1422-61, 1470-1)

Plantagenet, Yorkist Line
Edward IV (1461-70, 1471-83)
Edward V (1483)
Richard III, Crookback (1483-85)

House of Tudor
Henry VII, Tudor (1485-1509)
Henry VIII (1509-47)
Edward VI (1547-53)
Lady Jane Grey (1553)
Mary I, Tudor (1553-58)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603)

House of Stuart
James I (1603-25)
Charles I (1625-49)

The Commonwealth
Oliver Cromwell (1649-58)
Richard Cromwell (1658-59)

House of Stuart, Restored
Charles II (1660-85)
James II (1685-88)

House of Orange and Stuart
William III, Mary II (1689-1702)
House of Stuart
Anne (1702-14)

House of Brunswick, Hanover Line
George I (1714-27)
George II (1727-60)
George III (1760-1820)
George IV (1820-30)
William IV (1830-37)
Victoria (1837-1901)

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Edward VII (1901-10)

House of Windsor
George V (1910-36)
Edward VIII (1936)
George VI (1936-52)
Elizabeth II (1952-present)