Famous Coronations
Monarch↕ | Year↕ | Location↕ | Realm↕ | Crowned By↕ | Notes↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlemagne | 800 | Old St. Peter's, Rome | Holy Roman Emperor | Pope Leo III | Revived the idea of a Roman emperor in the West, birthed Holy Roman Empire |
William the Conqueror | 1066 | Westminster Abbey, London | England | Archbishop of York | Christmas Day coronation after Battle of Hastings, set tradition of Westminster coronations |
Richard the Lionheart | 1189 | Westminster Abbey, London | England | Archbishop Baldwin | Crusader king's coronation marred by anti-Jewish riots in London |
Charles V HRE | 1530 | Bologna, Italy | Holy Roman Empire | Pope Clement VII | Last Holy Roman Emperor crowned by a pope, ruled over Europe and Americas |
Elizabeth I | 1559 | Westminster Abbey, London | England | Bishop of Carlisle | Protestant coronation after Mary's reign, launched Elizabethan golden age |
Louis XIV | 1654 | Reims Cathedral, France | France | Archbishop of Reims | Sun King's consecration at 15 began France's 72-year longest reign |
Catherine the Great | 1762 | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow | Russia | Archbishop of Novgorod | German-born empress staged lavish coronation after coup against husband Peter III |
Napoleon I | 1804 | Notre-Dame, Paris | French Empire | Himself (Pope Pius VII present) | Famously grabbed crown from Pope and placed it on his own head, asserting secular power |
Queen Victoria | 1838 | Westminster Abbey, London | United Kingdom | Archbishop of Canterbury | 18-year-old queen, began 63-year reign over empire upon which the sun never set |
Maximilian I of Mexico | 1864 | Mexico City Cathedral | Mexican Empire | Archbishop of Mexico | French-backed Habsburg emperor, executed by firing squad three years later |
Wilhelm I | 1871 | Hall of Mirrors, Versailles | German Empire | Proclaimed (no religious rite) | Proclaimed Kaiser in conquered Versailles after Franco-Prussian War, unified Germany |
Nicholas II | 1896 | Dormition Cathedral, Moscow | Russia | Metropolitan of Moscow | Marred by Khodynka Tragedy stampede, grim omen for Romanov dynasty |
George VI | 1937 | Westminster Abbey, London | United Kingdom | Archbishop Cosmo Gordon Lang | Hastily arranged after Edward VIII's abdication, first coronation broadcast live on BBC radio |
Elizabeth II | 1953 | Westminster Abbey, London | United Kingdom | Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher | First coronation televised live, watched by 277 million, global TV moment |
Mohammad Reza Shah | 1967 | Golestan Palace, Tehran | Iran | Himself | Delayed 26 years, crowned himself and wife as Shah and Shahbanu, overthrown in 1979 |
Bokassa I | 1977 | Bangui, Central African Empire | Central African Empire | Himself | Napoleon-style ceremony cost a third of national budget, regime collapsed two years later |
Charles III | 2023 | Westminster Abbey, London | United Kingdom | Archbishop Justin Welby | First British coronation in 70 years, slimmed-down multi-faith ceremony |
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