Edward the Confessor(1003 - 5 January 1066); also known as Saint Edward the Confessor; was among the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England; and usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex; ruling from 1042 to 1066.

Between 1042 and 1052 Edward the Confessor began rebuilding St Peter's Abbey in London to provide himself with a royal burial church. It was the first church in England built in the Romanesque style. The building was not completed until around 1090 but was consecrated on 28 December 1065.

The only extant depiction of Edward's abbey; together with the adjacent Palace of Westminster; is found in the Bayeux Tapestry.