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 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 Flanders Sunday, 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 Louvain 24 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 Boulogne Sunday, 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 France Sunday, 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 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 1383
marriage		Thursday, 22 January 1383William 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[4]17 November 1558Sunday, 15 January 1559Owen 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

  1. ↑ "England: Anglo-Saxon Consecrations: 871–1066". Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Married, but not jointly crowned
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Separate coronation of queen consort
  4. 1 2 3 never married
  5. 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
  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. 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.
  10. ↑ Spouse Henrietta Maria, as a Catholic did not participate in the Anglican coronation ceremony
  11. 1 2 3 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

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