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A coronation is a special ceremony where a new king or queen officially receives their crown and royal powers. It's a very old tradition that shows the monarch is ready to rule. This list shares the dates of these important events for British kings and queens, from way back in the 900s to today.

English Kings and Queens (900-1603)

This section lists the coronations of rulers who reigned over England before it joined with Scotland. These ceremonies often took place in places like Kingston upon Thames or Westminster Abbey.

Monarch Consort (Spouse) Date of Accession (Became King/Queen) Date of Coronation Presiding Cleric (Religious Leader)
Edward the Elder 26 October 899 Whit Sunday, 8 June 900
Kingston upon Thames
Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury
Æthelstan 17 July 924 4 September 925
Kingston upon Thames
Athelm, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edmund I 27 October 939 Possibly 1 December 939
Kingston upon Thames
Oda, Archbishop of Canterbury
Eadred 26 May 946 16 August 946
Kingston upon Thames
Eadwig 23 November 955 26 January 956
Kingston upon Thames
Edgar Ælfthryth 1 October 959 Whit Sunday, 11 May 973
Bath Abbey
Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward the Martyr 8 July 975 August 975
Kingston upon Thames
Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury and Oswald, Archbishop of York
Æthelred the Unready 18 March 978 April 978
Kingston upon Thames
Edmund Ironside 23 April 1016 25 April 1016
Old St Paul's Cathedral
Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury
Cnut 30 November 1016 Possibly January 1017
Old St Paul's Cathedral
Harthacnut 17 March 1040 Possibly 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 1066 Saturday, 6 January 1066
probably at Westminster Abbey
Ealdred, Archbishop of York or
Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury
William I - article Nov-Dec 1066 Christmas Day,
Monday, 25 December 1066
Ealdred, Archbishop of York
Matilda of Flanders Sunday, 11 May 1068
William II 9 September 1087 Sunday, 26 September 1087 Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry I 2 August 1100 Sunday, 5 August 1100 Maurice, Bishop of London
Matilda of Scotland 11 November 1100
marriage
Sunday, 11 November 1100 Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury
Adeliza of Louvain 24 January 1121
marriage
Sunday, 30 January 1121 Ralph d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury
Stephen Saint Stephen's Day
Thursday, 26 December 1135
William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury
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 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 6 July 1189 Sunday, 3 September 1189 Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of Canterbury
Berengaria of Navarre 12 May 1191
marriage
Sunday, 12 May 1191
Kingdom of Cyprus
John 6 April 1199 Ascension Day,
Thursday, 27 May 1199
Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury
Isabella of Angoulême 24 August 1200
marriage
Sunday, 8 October 1200
Henry III 19 October 1216 Friday, 28 October 1216
Church of St. Peter in Gloucester
(now Gloucester Cathedral)
Cardinal Guala Bicchieri or
Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester
Sunday, 17 May 1220 Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
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 20 January 1327 Sunday, 1 February 1327 Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury
Philippa of Hainault 24 January 1328
marriage
Sunday, 18 February 1330 Simon Mepeham, Archbishop of Canterbury
Richard II 21 June 1377 Thursday, 16 July 1377 Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
Anne of Bohemia 20 January 1382
marriage
Thursday, 22 January 1382 William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury
Isabella of Valois 1 November 1396
marriage
Monday, 8 January 1397 Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry IV 30 September 1399 St Edward's Day,
Monday, 13 October 1399
Joanna of Navarre 7 February 1403
marriage
Monday, 26 February 1403
Henry V 20 March 1413 Passion Sunday,
Sunday, 9 April 1413
Catherine of Valois 2 June 1420
marriage
Sunday, 23 February 1421 Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry VI 31 August 1422 Sunday, 6 November 1429
21 October 1422 Sunday, 16 December 1431
as King of France
Notre Dame de Paris
Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester
Margaret of Anjou 23 April 1445
marriage
Sunday, 30 May 1445 John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward IV 4 March 1461 Sunday, 28 June 1461 Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
Elizabeth Woodville 1 May 1464
marriage
Sunday, 26 May 1465
Richard III Anne Neville 25 June 1483 Sunday, 6 July 1483
Henry VII 22 August 1485 Sunday, 30 October 1485
Elizabeth of York 18 January 1486 Sunday, 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
Anne Boleyn- article 28 May 1533
marriage
Sunday, 1 June 1533 Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward VI - article 28 January 1547 Sunday, 20 February 1547
Mary I - article 19 July 1553 Sunday, 1 October 1553 Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
Elizabeth I - article 17 November 1558 Sunday, 15 January 1559 Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle

Scottish Coronations (1057-1651)

Scotland had its own kings and queens for many centuries. Their coronations often took place at Scone Abbey, a very important historical site.

Monarch Consort (Spouse) Date of Coronation Place Presiding Cleric (Religious Leader)
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
Malcolm IV Wednesday, 27 May 1153 Scone Abbey Possibly Robert of Scone, Bishop of St Andrews
William I Friday, 24 December 1165 Scone Abbey Richard the Chaplain, Bishop of St Andrews
Alexander II Saturday, 6 December 1214 Scone Abbey William de Malveisin, Bishop of St Andrews
Alexander III Wednesday, 4 September 1241 Scone Abbey David de Bernham, Bishop of St Andrews
John (Balliol) Isabella de Warenne Sunday, 30 November 1292 Scone Abbey William Fraser, Bishop of St Andrews
Robert I Elizabeth de Burgh Sunday, 27 March 1306 Scone Abbey No bishop present
David II Joan of England Sunday, 24 November 1331 Scone Abbey James Bane, Bishop of St Andrews
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 Walter Trail, Bishop of St Andrews
James I Tuesday, 2 May or
Sunday, 21 May 1424
Scone Abbey Henry Wardlaw, Bishop of St Andrews
James II Tuesday, 25 March 1437 Holyrood Abbey Michael Ochiltree, Bishop of Dunblane
James III Sunday, 10 August 1460 Kelso Abbey James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews
James IV Tuesday, 24 June 1488 Scone Abbey William Scheves, Archbishop of St Andrews
James V Wednesday, 21 September 1513 Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle James Beaton, Archbishop of Glasgow
Mary of Guise Sunday, 22 February 1540 Holyrood Abbey David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews
Mary I Sunday, 9 September 1543 Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews
James VI - article Tuesday, 29 July 1567 Kirk of the Holy Rude, Stirling Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney
Anne of Denmark - article Sunday, 17 May 1590, O.S. Holyrood Abbey
Charles I Tuesday, 18 June 1633, O.S. Holyrood Abbey John Spottiswoode, Archbishop of St Andrews
Charles II - article Wednesday, 1 January 1651, O.S. Scone Abbey Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll

British Monarchs: England, Ireland, Scotland (1603-1707)

From 1603, England, Ireland, and Scotland were ruled by the same person. This is called a "personal union." The coronations for these monarchs usually happened in Westminster Abbey.

Monarch Consort (Spouse) Date of Accession Date of Coronation Presiding Cleric (Religious Leader)
James VI and I - article Anne of Denmark 24 March 1602/1603 Saint James's Day,
Monday, 25 July 1603
John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury
Charles I 27 March 1625 Candlemas,
Thursday, 2 February 1625/1626
George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury
Charles II 30 January 1648/1649 (officially)
8 May 1660 (actually)
Saint George's Day,
Tuesday, 23 April 1661
William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury
James II and VII - article Mary of Modena 6 February 1684/1685 Saint George's Day,
Thursday, 23 April 1685
William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury
William III and II and Mary II (reigned jointly) 13 February 1688/1689 Thursday, 11 April 1689 Henry Compton, Bishop of London
Anne 8 March 1701/1702 Saint George's Day,
Thursday, 23 April 1702
Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury

Kings and Queens of Great Britain and Ireland (1707-1801)

In 1707, England and Scotland officially joined to form Great Britain. Ireland was also part of this kingdom.

Monarch Consort (Spouse) Date of Accession Date of Coronation Presiding Cleric (Religious Leader)
George I 1 August 1714 Wednesday, 20 October 1714 Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury
George II - article Caroline of Ansbach 11 June 1727 Wednesday, 11 October 1727 William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury
George III - article Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 25 October 1760 (King)
8 September 1761 (Queen) marriage
Tuesday, 22 September 1761 Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury

United Kingdom Monarchs (1801-Today)

Since 1801, the country has been known as the United Kingdom. Coronations continue to be grand events, usually held at Westminster Abbey in London.

Monarch Consort (Spouse) Date of Accession Date of Coronation Presiding Cleric (Religious Leader)
George IV - article 29 January 1820 Thursday, 19 July 1821 Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury
William IV - article Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen 26 June 1830 Thursday, 8 September 1831 William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury
Victoria - article 20 June 1837 Thursday, 28 June 1838
Edward VII - article Alexandra of Denmark 22 January 1901 Saturday, 9 August 1902 Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury
George V - article Mary of Teck 6 May 1910 Thursday, 22 June 1911 Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward VIII - article 20 January 1936 N/A N/A N/A
George VI - article Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 11 December 1936 Wednesday, 12 May 1937 Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury
Elizabeth II - article 6 February 1952 Tuesday, 2 June 1953 Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury
Charles III - article Camilla Shand 8 September 2022 Saturday, 6 May 2023 Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury
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