This is a list by date of
coronations of British monarchs
A coronation is the act of placement or bestowal of a crown upon a monarch's head. The term also generally refers not only to the physical crowning but to the whole ceremony wherein the act of crowning occurs, along with the presentation of ot ...
since 1066.
Kings and queens of England (1066–1603)
All took place in
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United ...
unless otherwise noted.
Kings and queens of Scotland (843–1651)
Kings and queens of England, Ireland and Scotland (1603–1707), of Great Britain and Ireland (1707–1801) and the United Kingdom (1801–present)
From 1603 onwards England, Ireland and Scotland were personally united under the same ruler (see
Personal union
A personal union is the combination of two or more states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct. A real union, by contrast, would involve the constituent states being to some extent interlink ...
).
See also
*
List of people involved in coronations of the British monarch
Below is a list of people involved in coronations of the British monarch:
Clerics
Presiding clerics
*1714: Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury
*1727: William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury
*1761: Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury
*18 ...
Notes
References
*
{{Ceremonies of the British monarch
Coro