Why was King Edward VIII (1936) not Edward IX?
because Edward the Confessor was of the Saxon Royal era, Edward I was the first Edward of the post Norman invasion of 1066, when the entire Aristocracy changed hands. EDIT: yes I know, but the entire ruling class was abolished after the Norman conquest. we had also jut come out of having a Norwegian King, the country was a mess, Harold was not of the Saxon line of Kings, he was the son of the traitor Godwin, Earl of Wessex, the fall of the Celtic King ships of Wessex, by the Saxons was only briefly given ascendancy with the coronation of Edward the Confessor, but Edward was Norman sympathiser, he wanted to hand the country to the Normans. with the death of Edward came the death of ancient Briton and the birth of England, That is why we start counting from the Conquest.
