List of British coronations

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This is a list by date of coronations of British monarchs from the 10th century to the present.

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Monarchs of England (900–1603)

MonarchConsortDate of accessionDate of coronationPresiding cleric
Edward the Elder 26 October 899 Whit Sunday, 8 June 900
Kingston upon Thames 		Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury
Æthelstan 17 July 9244 September 925
Kingston upon Thames		 Athelm, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edmund I 27 October 939Possibly 1 December 939
Kingston upon Thames		 Oda, Archbishop of Canterbury
Eadred 26 May 94616 August 946
Kingston upon Thames
Eadwig 23 November 95526 January 956
Kingston upon Thames
Edgar Ælfthryth 1 October 959Whit Sunday, 11 May 973
Bath Abbey 		Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward the Martyr 8 July 975August 975
Kingston upon Thames		Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury and Oswald, Archbishop of York
Æthelred the Unready 18 March 978April 978
Kingston upon Thames
Edmund Ironside 23 April 101625 April 1016
Old St Paul's Cathedral 		Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury
Cnut 30 November 1016Possibly January 1017
Old St Paul's Cathedral
Harthacnut 17 March 1040Possibly June 1040
Canterbury Cathedral 		Eadsige, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward the Confessor 8 June 1042 Easter Sunday, 3 April 1043
Old Minster, Winchester
Edith of Wessex January 1045
Old Minster, Winchester
Harold II 5 January 1066Saturday, 6 January 1066
probably at Westminster Abbey 		Ealdred, Archbishop of York or
Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury [1]
William I - article [lower-alpha 1] Nov-Dec 1066 Christmas Day,
Monday, 25 December 1066		 Ealdred, Archbishop of York
[lower-alpha 2] Matilda of Flanders Sunday, 11 May 1068
William II [lower-alpha 3] 9 September 1087Sunday, 26 September 1087 Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry I [lower-alpha 4] 2 August 1100Sunday, 5 August 1100 Maurice, Bishop of London
[lower-alpha 2] Matilda of Scotland 11 November 1100
marriage		Sunday, 11 November 1100 Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury
[lower-alpha 2] Adeliza of Louvain 24 January 1121
marriage		Sunday, 30 January 1121 Ralph d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury
Stephen [lower-alpha 1] Saint Stephen's Day
Thursday, 26 December 1135		 William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury
[lower-alpha 2] Matilda of Boulogne Sunday, 22 March 1136?
Henry II Eleanor of Aquitaine 25 October 1154Sunday, 19 December 1154 Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry the Young King [lower-alpha 1] Sunday, 14 June 1170 Roger de Pont L'Evêque, Archbishop of York
Margaret of France Sunday, 27 August 1172
Winchester Cathedral 		Rotrou, Archbishop of Rouen
Richard I [lower-alpha 4] 6 July 1189Sunday, 3 September 1189 Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of Canterbury
[lower-alpha 2] Berengaria of Navarre 12 May 1191
marriage		Sunday, 12 May 1191
Kingdom of Cyprus
John [lower-alpha 4] 6 April 1199 Ascension Day,
Thursday, 27 May 1199		 Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury
[lower-alpha 2] Isabella of Angoulême 24 August 1200
marriage		Sunday, 8 October 1200
Henry III [lower-alpha 4] 19 October 1216Friday, 28 October 1216
Church of St. Peter in Gloucester
(now Gloucester Cathedral)		Cardinal Guala Bicchieri or
Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester
[lower-alpha 4] Sunday, 17 May 1220 Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
[lower-alpha 2] Eleanor of Provence 14 January 1236
marriage		Sunday, 20 January 1236 Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward I Eleanor of Castile 16 November 1272Sunday, 19 August 1274 Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward II Isabella of France 7 July 1307Sunday, 25 February 1308 Henry Woodlock, Bishop of Winchester
Edward III [lower-alpha 4] 20 January 1327Sunday, 1 February 1327 Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury
[lower-alpha 2] Philippa of Hainault 24 January 1328
marriage		Sunday, 18 February 1330 Simon Mepeham, Archbishop of Canterbury
Richard II [lower-alpha 4] 21 June 1377Thursday, 16 July 1377 Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
[lower-alpha 2] Anne of Bohemia 20 January 1382
marriage		Thursday, 22 January 1382 William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury
[lower-alpha 2] Isabella of Valois 1 November 1396
marriage		Monday, 8 January 1397 Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry IV [lower-alpha 4] 30 September 1399 St Edward's Day,
Monday, 13 October 1399
[lower-alpha 2] Joanna of Navarre 7 February 1403
marriage		Monday, 26 February 1403
Henry V [lower-alpha 4] 20 March 1413 Passion Sunday,
Sunday, 9 April 1413
[lower-alpha 2] Catherine of Valois 2 June 1420
marriage		Sunday, 23 February 1421 Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry VI [lower-alpha 4] 31 August 1422Sunday, 6 November 1429
[lower-alpha 4] 21 October 1422Sunday, 16 December 1431
as King of France
Notre Dame de Paris 		Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester
[lower-alpha 2] Margaret of Anjou 23 April 1445
marriage		Sunday, 30 May 1445 John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward IV [lower-alpha 4] 4 March 1461Sunday, 28 June 1461 Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
[lower-alpha 2] Elizabeth Woodville 1 May 1464
marriage		Sunday, 26 May 1465
Richard III Anne Neville 25 June 1483Sunday, 6 July 1483
Henry VII [lower-alpha 4] 22 August 1485Sunday, 30 October 1485
[lower-alpha 2] Elizabeth of York 18 January 1486Sunday, 25 November 1487 John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry VIII - article Catherine of Aragon 21 April 1509 (King)
11 June 1509 (Queen)
marriage		Sunday, 24 June 1509 William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury
[lower-alpha 2] Anne Boleyn- article 28 May 1533
marriage		Sunday, 1 June 1533 Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward VI - article [lower-alpha 3] 28 January 1547Sunday, 20 February 1547
Mary I - article [lower-alpha 4] 19 July 1553Sunday, 1 October 1553 Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
Elizabeth I - article [lower-alpha 3] 17 November 1558Sunday, 15 January 1559 Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle

Monarchs of Scotland (1057–1651)

MonarchConsortDate of inauguration or coronationPlacePresiding cleric
Lulach 8 September 1057 Scone Abbey  ?
Malcolm III 25 April 1058?Scone, Perth and Kinross ?
David I Maud, Countess of Huntingdon April or May 1124 Scone Abbey Possibly Gregoir, Bishop of Dunkeld [2]
Malcolm IV [lower-alpha 4] Wednesday, 27 May 1153Scone AbbeyPossibly Robert of Scone, Bishop of St Andrews [3]
William I [lower-alpha 4] Friday, 24 December 1165Scone Abbey Richard the Chaplain, Bishop of St Andrews
Alexander II [lower-alpha 4] Saturday, 6 December 1214Scone Abbey William de Malveisin, Bishop of St Andrews
Alexander III [lower-alpha 4] Wednesday, 4 September 1241Scone Abbey David de Bernham, Bishop of St Andrews
John (Balliol) Isabella de Warenne Sunday, 30 November 1292Scone Abbey William Fraser, Bishop of St Andrews
Robert I Elizabeth de Burgh Sunday, 27 March 1306Scone AbbeyNo bishop present [4]
David II Joan of England Sunday, 24 November 1331Scone Abbey James Bane, Bishop of St Andrews
Robert II Euphemia de Ross Wednesday, 26 March 1371Scone Abbey William de Landallis, Bishop of St Andrews
Robert III Annabella Drummond Thursday, 18 August 1390Scone Abbey Walter Trail, Bishop of St Andrews
James I [lower-alpha 4] Tuesday, 2 May or
Sunday, 21 May 1424		Scone Abbey Henry Wardlaw, Bishop of St Andrews
James II [lower-alpha 4] Tuesday, 25 March 1437 Holyrood Abbey Michael Ochiltree, Bishop of Dunblane
James III [lower-alpha 4] Sunday, 10 August 1460 Kelso Abbey James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews
James IV [lower-alpha 4] Tuesday, 24 June 1488Scone Abbey William Scheves, Archbishop of St Andrews
James V [lower-alpha 4] Wednesday, 21 September 1513 Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle James Beaton, Archbishop of Glasgow
[lower-alpha 2] Mary of Guise Sunday, 22 February 1540 Holyrood Abbey David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews
Mary I [lower-alpha 4] Sunday, 9 September 1543Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews
James VI - article [lower-alpha 4] Tuesday, 29 July 1567 Kirk of the Holy Rude, Stirling Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney
[lower-alpha 2] Anne of Denmark - article Sunday, 17 May 1590, O.S. Holyrood Abbey
Charles I [lower-alpha 5] Tuesday, 18 June 1633, O.S. Holyrood Abbey John Spottiswoode, Archbishop of St Andrews
Charles II - article [lower-alpha 4] Wednesday, 1 January 1651, O.S. Scone Abbey Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll [lower-alpha 6]

Monarchs of England, Ireland and Scotland (1603–1707)

From 1603 onwards England, Ireland and Scotland were personally united under the same ruler (see Personal union).

MonarchConsortDate of accessionTime interveningDate of coronationPresiding cleric
James VI and I - article Anne of Denmark 24 March 1602/1603, O.S. [lower-alpha 7] 4 mo 1 d Saint James's Day,
Monday, 25 July 1603, O.S. 		John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury
Charles I [lower-alpha 8] 27 March 1625, O.S. 10 mo 6 d Candlemas,
Thursday, 2 February 1625/1626, O.S. [lower-alpha 7] 		George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury
Charles II [lower-alpha 4] 30 January 1648/1649, O.S. [lower-alpha 7] (de jure)
8 May 1660, O.S. (de facto)		11 mo 15 d Saint George's Day,
Tuesday, 23 April 1661, O.S. 		William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury
James II and VII - article Mary of Modena 6 February 1684/1685, O.S. [lower-alpha 7] 2 mo 17 dSaint George's Day,
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. [lower-alpha 7] 1 mo 29 dThursday, 11 April 1689, O.S. Henry Compton, Bishop of London
Anne [lower-alpha 9] 8 March 1701/1702, O.S. [lower-alpha 7] 1 mo 15 dSaint George's Day,
Thursday, 23 April 1702, O.S. 		Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury

Monarchs of Great Britain and Ireland (1707–1801)

MonarchConsortDate of accessionTime interveningDate of coronationPresiding cleric
George I [lower-alpha 10] 1 August 1714, O.S. 2 mo 19 dWednesday, 20 October 1714, O.S. Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury
George II - article Caroline of Ansbach 11 June 1727, O.S. 4 moWednesday, 11 October 1727, O.S. William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury
George III - article Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 25 October 1760 (King)
8 September 1761 (Queen) marriage		10 mo 28 d 14 dTuesday, 22 September 1761 Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury

Monarchs of the United Kingdom (1801–present)

MonarchConsortDate of accessionTime interveningDate of coronationPresiding cleric
George IV - article [lower-alpha 11] 29 January 18201 y 5 mo 20 dThursday, 19 July 1821 Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury
William IV - article Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen 26 June 18301 y 2 mo 13 dThursday, 8 September 1831 William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury
Victoria - article [lower-alpha 4] [lower-alpha 9] 20 June 18371 y 8 dThursday, 28 June 1838
Edward VII - article Alexandra of Denmark 22 January 19011 y 6 mo 18 dSaturday, 9 August 1902 [lower-alpha 12] Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury
George V - article Mary of Teck 6 May 19101 y 1 mo 16 dThursday, 22 June 1911 Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward VIII - article [lower-alpha 13] 20 January 1936———
George VI - article Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 11 December 19365 mo 1 dWednesday, 12 May 1937 [lower-alpha 14] Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury
Elizabeth II - article [lower-alpha 9] 6 February 19521 y 3 mo 27 dTuesday, 2 June 1953 Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury
Charles III - article Camilla Shand 8 September 20227 m 28 dSaturday, 6 May 2023 Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Married, but not jointly crowned
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Separate coronation of queen consort
  3. 1 2 3 Never married
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Unmarried at time of coronation
  5. ↑ Spouse Henrietta Maria was not in Scotland for the coronation.
  6. ↑ Episcopacy abolished
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
  8. ↑ Spouse Henrietta Maria, a Catholic, did not participate in the Anglican coronation ceremony.
  9. 1 2 3 The queen regnant's consort was not accorded equal title and consequently was not crowned.
  10. ↑ Spouse Sophia Dorothea of Celle divorced in 1694.
  11. ↑ Caroline of Brunswick, who was separated from the King, was turned away from coronation by force.
  12. ↑ Originally scheduled for 26 June 1902, but postponed due to the King's life-threatening illness.
  13. ↑ Unmarried at the time of his abdication.
  14. ↑ Date originally planned for coronation of Edward VIII.

Citations

  1. ↑ "England: Anglo-Saxon Consecrations: 871–1066". www.archontology.org. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Duncan, A. A. M. (30 August 2016). Kingship of the Scots, 842-1292: Succession and Independence. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN   9781474415453 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Broun, Dauvit (20 August 2013). Scottish Independence and the Idea of Britain. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN   9780748685202 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Duncan, A. A. M. (29 July 2019). Acts of Robert I (1306-1329). Edinburgh University Press. ISBN   9781474467896 – via Google Books.

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