This is a list by date of Coronations of British monarchs since 1066. All took place in Westminster Abbey unless otherwise noted.
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Monarch | Consort | Date of accession | Date of coronation | Presiding cleric |
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William I | [1] | Nov-Dec 1066 | Monday, 25 December 1066 | Ealdred, Archbishop of York |
[2] | Matilda of Flanders | Sunday, 11 May 1068 | ||
William II | [3] | 9 September 1087 | Sunday, 26 September 1087 | Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Henry I | [4] | 2 August 1100 | Sunday, 5 August 1100 | Maurice, Bishop of London |
[2] | Matilda of Scotland | 11 November 1100 marriage |
Sunday, 11 November 1100 | Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury |
[2] | Adeliza of Louvain | 24 January 1121 marriage |
Sunday, 30 January 1121 | Ralph d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Stephen | [1] | Thursday, 26 December 1135 | William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury | |
[2] | 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 | [1] | 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 | [4] | 6 July 1189 | Saturday, 2 September 1189 | Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of Canterbury |
[2] | Berengaria of Navarre | 12 May 1191 marriage |
Sunday, 12 May 1191 in Cyprus |
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John | [4] | 6 April 1199 | Thursday, 27 May 1199 | Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury |
[2] | Isabella of Angoulême | 24 August 1200 marriage |
Sunday, 8 October 1200 | |
Henry III | [4] | 19 October 1216 | Friday, 28 October 1216 at Gloucester Cathedral |
Cardinal Guala Bicchieri or Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester |
[4] | Sunday, 17 May 1220 | Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury | ||
[2] | 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 | [4] | 20 January 1327 | Sunday, 1 February 1327 | Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury |
[2] | Philippa of Hainault | 24 January 1328 marriage |
Sunday, 18 February 1330 | Simon Mepeham, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Richard II | [4] | 21 June 1377 | Thursday, 16 July 1377 | Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury |
[2] | Anne of Bohemia | 20 January 1383 marriage |
Thursday, 22 January 1383 | William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury |
[2] | Isabella of Valois | 1 November 1396 marriage |
Monday, 8 January 1397 | Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Henry IV | [4] | 30 September 1399 | Monday, 13 October 1399 | |
[2] | Joanna of Navarre | 7 February 1403 marriage |
Monday, 26 February 1403 | |
Henry V | [4] | 20 March 1413 | Sunday, 9 April 1413 | |
[2] | Catherine of Valois | 2 June 1420 marriage |
Sunday, 23 February 1421 | Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Henry VI | [4] | 31 August 1422 | Sunday, 6 November 1429 | |
[4] | 21 October 1422 | Sunday, 16 December 1431 as King of France at Notre Dame de Paris |
Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester | |
[2] | Margaret of Anjou | 23 April 1445 marriage |
Sunday, 30 May 1445 | John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Edward IV | [4] | 4 March 1461 | Sunday, 28 June 1461 | Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury |
[2] | Elizabeth Woodville | 1 May 1464 marriage |
Sunday, 26 May 1465 | |
Richard III | Anne Neville | 25 June 1483 | Sunday, 6 July 1483 | |
Henry VII | [4] | 22 August 1485 | Sunday, 30 October 1485 | |
[2] | 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 |
[2] | Anne Boleyn | 28 May 1533 marriage |
Sunday, 1 June 1533 | Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Edward VI | [3] | 28 January 1547 | Sunday, 20 February 1547 | |
Mary I | [4] | 19 July 1553 | Sunday, 1 October 1553 | Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester |
Elizabeth I | [3] | 17 November 1558 | Sunday, 15 January 1559 | Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle |
Monarch | Consort | Date of coronation | Place |
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David I | Maud, Countess of Huntingdon | April or May 1124 | Scone Abbey |
Malcolm IV | [4] | Wednesday, 27 May 1153 | Scone Abbey |
William I | [4] | Friday, 24 December 1165 | Scone Abbey |
Alexander II | [4] | Saturday, 6 December 1214 | Scone Abbey |
Alexander III | [4] | Wednesday, 4 September 1241 | Scone Abbey |
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 |
Robert III | Annabella Drummond | Thursday, 18 August 1390 | Scone Abbey |
James I | [4] | Tuesday, 2 May or Sunday, 21 May 1424 |
Scone Abbey |
James II | [4] | Tuesday, 26 March 1437 | Holyrood Abbey |
James III | [4] | Sunday, 10 August 1460 | Kelso Abbey |
James IV | [4] | Tuesday, 24 June 1488 | Scone Abbey |
James V | [4] | Wednesday, 21 September 1513 | Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle |
[2] | Mary of Guise | Sunday, 22 February 1540 | Holyrood Abbey |
Mary I | [4] | Sunday, 9 September 1543 | Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle |
James VI | [4] | Tuesday, 29 July 1567 | Kirk of the Holy Rude, Stirling |
[2] | Anne of Denmark | Sunday, 17 May 1590, O.S. | Holyrood Abbey |
Charles I | [5] | Tuesday, 18 June 1633, O.S. | Holyrood Abbey |
Charles II | [4] | Wednesday, 1 January 1651, O.S. | Scone Abbey |
Monarch | Consort | Date of accession | Time intervening | Date of coronation | Presiding cleric |
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James I and VI | Anne of Denmark | 24 March 1602/1603, O.S.[7] | 4 mo 1 d | Monday, 25 July 1603, O.S. | John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Charles I | [8] | 27 March 1625, O.S. | 10 mo 6 d | Thursday, 2 February 1625/1626, O.S.[7] | George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Charles II | [4] | 30 January 1648/1649, O.S.[7] (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.[7] | 2 mo 17 d | Thursday, 23 April 1685, O.S. | William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury |
William III and Mary II | (reigned jointly) | 13 February 1688/1689, O.S.[7] | 1 mo 29 d | Thursday, 11 April 1689, O.S. | Henry Compton, Bishop of London |
Anne | [9] | 8 March 1701/1702, O.S.[7] | 1 mo 15 d | Thursday, 23 April 1702, O.S. | Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury |
George I | [10] | 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 | [11] | 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 | [4][9] | 20 June 1837 | 1 y 8 d | Thursday, 28 June 1838 | |
Edward VII | Alexandra of Denmark | 22 January 1901 | 1 y 6 mo 18 d | Saturday, 9 August 1902[12] | 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 |
1 y 7 mo 6 d | Tuesday, 12 December 1911 as Emperor of India at the Delhi Durbar |
None | |||
George VI | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | 11 December 1936 | 5 mo 1 d | Wednesday, 12 May 1937[13] | Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Elizabeth II | [9] | 6 February 1952 | 1 y 3 mo 27 d | Tuesday, 2 June 1953 | Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury |