List of British coronations
This is a list by date of coronations of British monarchs since 1066.
Kings and queens of England (1066-1603)
All took place in Westminster Abbey unless otherwise noted.
| Monarch | Consort | Date of accession | Date of coronation | Presiding cleric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold II | 5 January 1066 | Saturday, 6 January 1066 | Ealdred, Archbishop of York or Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury[1] | |
| William I | [2] | Nov-Dec 1066 | Monday, 25 December 1066 | Ealdred, Archbishop of York |
| [3] | Matilda of Flanders | Sunday, 11 May 1068 | ||
| William II | [4] | 9 September 1087 | Sunday, 26 September 1087 | Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Henry I | [5] | 2 August 1100 | Sunday, 5 August 1100 | Maurice, Bishop of London |
| [3] | Matilda of Scotland | 11 November 1100 marriage |
Sunday, 11 November 1100 | Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| [3] | Adeliza of Louvain | 24 January 1121 marriage |
Sunday, 30 January 1121 | Ralph d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Stephen | [2] | Thursday, 26 December 1135 | William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| [3] | Matilda of Boulogne | Sunday, 22 March 1136 | ? | |
| Henry II | Eleanor of Aquitaine | 25 October 1154 | Sunday, 19 December 1154 | Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Henry the Young King | [2] | Sunday, 14 June 1170 | Roger de Pont L'Evêque, Archbishop of York | |
| Margaret of France | Sunday, 27 August 1172 at Winchester Cathedral |
Rotrou, Archbishop of Rouen | ||
| Richard I | [5] | 6 July 1189 | Sunday, 3 September 1189 | Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| [3] | Berengaria of Navarre | 12 May 1191 marriage |
Sunday, 12 May 1191 in Cyprus |
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| John | [5] | 6 April 1199 | Thursday, 27 May 1199 | Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| [3] | Isabella of Angoulême | 24 August 1200 marriage |
Sunday, 8 October 1200 | |
| Henry III | [5] | 19 October 1216 | Friday, 28 October 1216 at Gloucester Cathedral |
Cardinal Guala Bicchieri or Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester |
| [5] | Sunday, 17 May 1220 | Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury | ||
| [3] | Eleanor of Provence | 14 January 1236 marriage |
Sunday, 20 January 1236 | Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Edward I | Eleanor of Castile | 16 November 1272 | Sunday, 19 August 1274 | Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Edward II | Isabella of France | 7 July 1307 | Sunday, 25 February 1308 | Henry Woodlock, Bishop of Winchester |
| Edward III | [5] | 20 January 1327 | Sunday, 1 February 1327 | Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| [3] | Philippa of Hainault | 24 January 1328 marriage |
Sunday, 18 February 1330 | Simon Mepeham, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Richard II | [5] | 21 June 1377 | Thursday, 16 July 1377 | Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| [3] | Anne of Bohemia | 20 January 1383 marriage |
Thursday, 22 January 1383 | William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| [3] | Isabella of Valois | 1 November 1396 marriage |
Monday, 8 January 1397 | Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Henry IV | [5] | 30 September 1399 | Monday, 13 October 1399 | |
| [3] | Joanna of Navarre | 7 February 1403 marriage |
Monday, 26 February 1403 | |
| Henry V | [5] | 20 March 1413 | Sunday, 9 April 1413 | |
| [3] | Catherine of Valois | 2 June 1420 marriage |
Sunday, 23 February 1421 | Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Henry VI | [5] | 31 August 1422 | Sunday, 6 November 1429 | |
| [5] | 21 October 1422 | Sunday, 16 December 1431 as King of France at Notre Dame de Paris |
Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester | |
| [3] | Margaret of Anjou | 23 April 1445 marriage |
Sunday, 30 May 1445 | John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Edward IV | [5] | 4 March 1461 | Sunday, 28 June 1461 | Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| [3] | Elizabeth Woodville | 1 May 1464 marriage |
Sunday, 26 May 1465 | |
| Richard III | Anne Neville | 25 June 1483 | Sunday, 6 July 1483 | |
| Henry VII | [5] | 22 August 1485 | Sunday, 30 October 1485 | |
| [3] | Elizabeth of York | 18 January 1486 | Sunday, 25 November 1487 | John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Henry VIII | Catherine of Aragon | 21 April 1509 (King) 11 June 1509 (Queen) marriage |
Sunday, 24 June 1509 | William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| [3] | Anne Boleyn | 28 May 1533 marriage |
Sunday, 1 June 1533 | Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Edward VI | [4] | 28 January 1547 | Sunday, 20 February 1547 | |
| Mary I | [5] | 19 July 1553 | Sunday, 1 October 1553 | Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester |
| Elizabeth I | [4] | 17 November 1558 | Sunday, 15 January 1559 | Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle |
Kings and queens of Scotland to 1651
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| Monarch | Consort | Date of coronation | Place | Presiding cleric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David I | Maud, Countess of Huntingdon | April or May 1124 | Scone Abbey | |
| Malcolm IV | [5] | Wednesday, 27 May 1153 | Scone Abbey | |
| William I | [5] | Friday, 24 December 1165 | Scone Abbey | Richard the Chaplain, Bishop of St Andrews |
| Alexander II | [5] | Saturday, 6 December 1214 | Scone Abbey | William de Malveisin, Bishop of St Andrews |
| Alexander III | [5] | Wednesday, 4 September 1241 | Scone Abbey | David de Bernham, Bishop of St Andrews |
| John (Balliol) | Isabella de Warenne | Sunday, 30 November 1292 | Scone Abbey | |
| Robert I | Elizabeth de Burgh | Sunday, 27 March 1306 | Scone Abbey | |
| David II | Joan of England | Sunday, 24 November 1331 | Scone Abbey | |
| Robert II | Euphemia de Ross | Wednesday, 26 March 1371 | Scone Abbey | William de Landallis, Bishop of St Andrews |
| Robert III | Annabella Drummond | Thursday, 18 August 1390 | Scone Abbey | |
| James I | [5] | Tuesday, 2 May or Sunday, 21 May 1424 |
Scone Abbey | Henry Wardlaw, Bishop of St Andrews |
| James II | [5] | Tuesday, 25 March 1437 | Holyrood Abbey | Michael Ochiltree, Bishop of Dunblane |
| James III | [5] | Sunday, 10 August 1460 | Kelso Abbey | James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews |
| James IV | [5] | Tuesday, 24 June 1488 | Scone Abbey | William Scheves, Archbishop of St Andrews |
| James V | [5] | Wednesday, 21 September 1513 | Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle | James Beaton, Archbishop of Glasgow |
| [3] | Mary of Guise | Sunday, 22 February 1540 | Holyrood Abbey | David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews |
| Mary I | [5] | Sunday, 9 September 1543 | Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle | John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews |
| James VI | [5] | Tuesday, 29 July 1567 | Kirk of the Holy Rude, Stirling | Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney |
| [3] | Anne of Denmark | Sunday, 17 May 1590, O.S. | Holyrood Abbey | |
| Charles I | [6] | Tuesday, 18 June 1633, O.S. | Holyrood Abbey | John Spottiswoode, Archbishop of St Andrews |
| Charles II | [5] | Wednesday, 1 January 1651, O.S. | Scone Abbey | Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll[7] |
Kings and queens of England, Ireland and Scotland[8] (1603-1707), of Great Britain and Ireland (1707-1801) and the United Kingdom (1801-Present)
| Monarch | Consort | Date of accession | Time intervening | Date of coronation | Presiding cleric |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James VI and I | Anne of Denmark | 24 March 1602/1603, O.S.[9] | 4 mo 1 d | Monday, 25 July 1603, O.S. | John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Charles I | [10] | 27 March 1625, O.S. | 10 mo 6 d | Thursday, 2 February 1625/1626, O.S.[9] | George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Charles II | [5] | 30 January 1648/1649, O.S.[9] (de jure) 8 May 1660, O.S. (de facto) |
11 mo 15 d | Tuesday, 23 April 1661, O.S. | William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| James II and VII | Mary of Modena | 6 February 1684/1685, O.S.[9] | 2 mo 17 d | Thursday, 23 April 1685, O.S. | William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| William III and II and Mary II | (reigned jointly) | 13 February 1688/1689, O.S.[9] | 1 mo 29 d | Thursday, 11 April 1689, O.S. | Henry Compton, Bishop of London |
| Anne | [11] | 8 March 1701/1702, O.S.[9] | 1 mo 15 d | Thursday, 23 April 1702, O.S. | Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| George I | [12] | 1 August 1714, O.S. | 2 mo 19 d | Wednesday, 20 October 1714, O.S. | |
| George II | Caroline of Ansbach | 11 June 1727, O.S. | 4 mo | Wednesday, 11 October 1727, O.S. | William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| George III | Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 25 October 1760 (King) 8 September 1761 (Queen) |
10 mo 28 d 14 d |
Tuesday, 22 September 1761 | Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| George IV | [13] | 29 January 1820 | 1 y 5 mo 20 d | Thursday, 19 July 1821 | Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| William IV | Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen | 26 June 1830 | 1 y 2 mo 13 d | Thursday, 8 September 1831 | William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Victoria - article | Unmarried [5][11] | 20 June 1837 | 1 y 8 d | Thursday, 28 June 1838 | |
| Edward VII - article | Alexandra of Denmark | 22 January 1901 | 1 y 6 mo 18 d | Saturday, 9 August 1902[14] | Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| George V | Mary of Teck | 6 May 1910 | 1 y 1 mo 16 d | Thursday, 22 June 1911 | Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| George VI - article | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | 11 December 1936 | 5 mo 1 d | Wednesday, 12 May 1937[15] | Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Elizabeth II - article | [11] | 6 February 1952 | 1 y 3 mo 27 d | Tuesday, 2 June 1953 | Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Notes
- ^ "England: Anglo-Saxon Consecrations: 871–1066". Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ a b c Married, but not jointly crowned
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Separate coronation of queen consort
- ^ a b c never married
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Unmarried at time of coronation
- ^ Spouse Henrietta Maria was not in Scotland for the coronation.
- ^ Episcopacy abolished
- ^ From 1603 on England, Ireland and Scotland were personally united under the same ruler, see Personal union.
- ^ a b c d e f In England at this time, the new year began on 25 March. Dates between 1 January and 25 March are accordingly given a double year, the first by the old mode of reckoning, the second by the current mode.
- ^ Spouse Henrietta Maria, as a Catholic did not participate in the Anglican coronation ceremony
- ^ a b c The queen regnant's consort was not accorded equal title and consequently was not crowned.
- ^ Spouse Sophia Dorothea of Celle divorced 1694
- ^ Caroline of Brunswick turned away from coronation by force
- ^ Originally scheduled for 26 June 1902, but postponed due to the King's life-threatening illness.
- ^ Date originally planned for coronation of Edward VIII
References
- "Coronations at Westminster Abbey". Official website of Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 2 April 2011.