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 II5 January 1066Saturday, 6 January 1066Ealdred, Archbishop of York or
Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury[1]
William I[2]Nov-Dec 1066Monday, 25 December 1066Ealdred, Archbishop of York
[3]Matilda of FlandersSunday, 11 May 1068
William II[4]9 September 1087Sunday, 26 September 1087Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry I[5]2 August 1100Sunday, 5 August 1100Maurice, Bishop of London
[3]Matilda of Scotland11 November 1100
marriage
Sunday, 11 November 1100Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury
[3]Adeliza of Louvain24 January 1121
marriage
Sunday, 30 January 1121Ralph d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury
Stephen[2]Thursday, 26 December 1135William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury
[3]Matilda of BoulogneSunday, 22 March 1136?
Henry IIEleanor of Aquitaine25 October 1154Sunday, 19 December 1154Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry the Young King[2]Sunday, 14 June 1170Roger de Pont L'Evêque, Archbishop of York
Margaret of FranceSunday, 27 August 1172
at Winchester Cathedral
Rotrou, Archbishop of Rouen
Richard I[5]6 July 1189Sunday, 3 September 1189Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of Canterbury
[3]Berengaria of Navarre12 May 1191
marriage
Sunday, 12 May 1191
in Cyprus
John[5]6 April 1199Thursday, 27 May 1199Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury
[3]Isabella of Angoulême24 August 1200
marriage
Sunday, 8 October 1200
Henry III[5]19 October 1216Friday, 28 October 1216
at the Church of St. Peter in Gloucester (now Gloucester Cathedral)
Cardinal Guala Bicchieri or
Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester
[5]Sunday, 17 May 1220Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
[3]Eleanor of Provence14 January 1236
marriage
Sunday, 20 January 1236Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward IEleanor of Castile16 November 1272Sunday, 19 August 1274Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward IIIsabella of France7 July 1307Sunday, 25 February 1308Henry Woodlock, Bishop of Winchester
Edward III[5]20 January 1327Sunday, 1 February 1327Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury
[3]Philippa of Hainault24 January 1328
marriage
Sunday, 18 February 1330Simon Mepeham, Archbishop of Canterbury
Richard II[5]21 June 1377Thursday, 16 July 1377Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
[3]Anne of Bohemia20 January 1382
marriage
Thursday, 22 January 1382William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury
[3]Isabella of Valois1 November 1396
marriage
Monday, 8 January 1397Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry IV[5]30 September 1399Monday, 13 October 1399
[3]Joanna of Navarre7 February 1403
marriage
Monday, 26 February 1403
Henry V[5]20 March 1413Sunday, 9 April 1413
[3]Catherine of Valois2 June 1420
marriage
Sunday, 23 February 1421Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry VI[5]31 August 1422Sunday, 6 November 1429
[5]21 October 1422Sunday, 16 December 1431
as King of France
at Notre Dame de Paris
Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester
[3]Margaret of Anjou23 April 1445
marriage
Sunday, 30 May 1445John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward IV[5]4 March 1461Sunday, 28 June 1461Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
[3]Elizabeth Woodville1 May 1464
marriage
Sunday, 26 May 1465
Richard IIIAnne Neville25 June 1483Sunday, 6 July 1483
Henry VII[5]22 August 1485Sunday, 30 October 1485
[3]Elizabeth of York18 January 1486Sunday, 25 November 1487John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry VIIICatherine of Aragon21 April 1509 (King)
11 June 1509 (Queen)
marriage
Sunday, 24 June 1509William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury
[3]Anne Boleyn28 May 1533
marriage
Sunday, 1 June 1533Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward VI[4]28 January 1547Sunday, 20 February 1547
Mary I[5]19 July 1553Sunday, 1 October 1553Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
Elizabeth I - article[4]17 November 1558Sunday, 15 January 1559Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle

Kings and queens of Scotland (843–1651)

Monarch Consort Date of coronation Place Presiding cleric
David IMaud, Countess of HuntingdonApril or May 1124Scone Abbey
Malcolm IV[5]Wednesday, 27 May 1153Scone Abbey
William I[5]Friday, 24 December 1165Scone AbbeyRichard the Chaplain, Bishop of St Andrews
Alexander II[5]Saturday, 6 December 1214Scone AbbeyWilliam de Malveisin, Bishop of St Andrews
Alexander III[5]Wednesday, 4 September 1241Scone AbbeyDavid de Bernham, Bishop of St Andrews
John (Balliol)Isabella de WarenneSunday, 30 November 1292Scone Abbey
Robert IElizabeth de BurghSunday, 27 March 1306Scone Abbey
David IIJoan of EnglandSunday, 24 November 1331Scone Abbey
Robert IIEuphemia de RossWednesday, 26 March 1371Scone AbbeyWilliam de Landallis, Bishop of St Andrews
Robert IIIAnnabella DrummondThursday, 18 August 1390Scone Abbey
James I[5]Tuesday, 2 May or
Sunday, 21 May 1424
Scone AbbeyHenry Wardlaw, Bishop of St Andrews
James II[5]Tuesday, 25 March 1437Holyrood AbbeyMichael Ochiltree, Bishop of Dunblane
James III[5]Sunday, 10 August 1460Kelso AbbeyJames Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews
James IV[5]Tuesday, 24 June 1488Scone AbbeyWilliam Scheves, Archbishop of St Andrews
James V[5]Wednesday, 21 September 1513Chapel Royal, Stirling CastleJames Beaton, Archbishop of Glasgow
[3]Mary of GuiseSunday, 22 February 1540Holyrood AbbeyDavid Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews
Mary I[5]Sunday, 9 September 1543Chapel Royal, Stirling CastleJohn Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews
James VI[5]Tuesday, 29 July 1567Kirk of the Holy Rude, StirlingAdam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney
[3]Anne of DenmarkSunday, 17 May 1590, O.S.Holyrood Abbey
Charles I[6]Tuesday, 18 June 1633, O.S.Holyrood AbbeyJohn Spottiswoode, Archbishop of St Andrews
Charles II[5]Wednesday, 1 January 1651, O.S.Scone AbbeyArchibald 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 IAnne of Denmark24 March 1602/1603, O.S.[9]4 mo 1 dMonday, 25 July 1603, O.S.John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury
Charles I[10]27 March 1625, O.S.10 mo 6 dThursday, 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 dTuesday, 23 April 1661, O.S.William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury
James II and VIIMary of Modena6 February 1684/1685, O.S.[9]2 mo 17 dThursday, 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 dThursday, 11 April 1689, O.S.Henry Compton, Bishop of London
Anne[11]8 March 1701/1702, O.S.[9]1 mo 15 dThursday, 23 April 1702, O.S.Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury
George I[12]1 August 1714, O.S.2 mo 19 dWednesday, 20 October 1714, O.S.
George IICaroline of Ansbach11 June 1727, O.S.4 moWednesday, 11 October 1727, O.S.William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury
George IIICharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz25 October 1760 (King)
8 September 1761 (Queen)
marriage
10 mo 28 d
14 d
Tuesday, 22 September 1761Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury
George IV - article[13]29 January 18201 y 5 mo 20 dThursday, 19 July 1821Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury
William IV - articleAdelaide of Saxe-Meiningen26 June 18301 y 2 mo 13 dThursday, 8 September 1831William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury
Victoria - article[5][11]20 June 18371 y 8 dThursday, 28 June 1838
Edward VII - articleAlexandra of Denmark22 January 19011 y 6 mo 18 dSaturday, 9 August 1902[14]Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury
George V - articleMary of Teck6 May 19101 y 1 mo 16 dThursday, 22 June 1911Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury
George VI - articleElizabeth Bowes-Lyon11 December 19365 mo 1 dWednesday, 12 May 1937[15]Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury
Elizabeth II - article[11]6 February 19521 y 3 mo 27 dTuesday, 2 June 1953Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury

Notes

  1. "England: Anglo-Saxon Consecrations: 871–1066". Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  2. Married, but not jointly crowned
  3. Separate coronation of queen consort
  4. never married
  5. Unmarried at time of coronation
  6. Spouse Henrietta Maria was not in Scotland for the coronation.
  7. Episcopacy abolished
  8. From 1603 on England, Ireland and Scotland were personally united under the same ruler, see Personal union.
  9. 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.
  10. Spouse Henrietta Maria, a Catholic, did not participate in the Anglican coronation ceremony
  11. The queen regnant's consort was not accorded equal title and consequently was not crowned.
  12. Spouse Sophia Dorothea of Celle divorced 1694
  13. Caroline of Brunswick turned away from coronation by force
  14. Originally scheduled for 26 June 1902, but postponed due to the King's life-threatening illness.
  15. Date originally planned for coronation of Edward VIII

References

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