List of the coronations of British monarchs

This list shows the date of a coronation ceremony for the British rulers and their wives. Basically all celebrations took place in Westminster Abbey and were conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury ; Exceptions are marked.

Coronation chair at Westminster Abbey with the Stone of Scone (until 1996)

Kings and Queens of England (901–1603)

Ruling ruler	queen	Coronation date	different place of executor
Saxony House Wessex
Edward the Elder		June 8, 901	Kingston upon Thames
Æthelstan		September 4th, 925	Kingston upon Thames Athelm
Edmund I.		November 29, 939	Kingston upon Thames
Eadred		August 16, 946	Kingston upon Thames
Forever		955	Kingston upon Thames Odo , Archbishop of Canterbury
Edgar the Peaceful	Aelfthryth (Elfrida)	May 11, 973	Bath , Dunstan , Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward the Martyr		975	Kingston upon Thames, Dunstan and Oswald , Archbishop of York
Æthelred the unfinished		April 14, 978	Kingston upon Thames Dunstan
Edmund II. Ironside		April 1016	St Paul's Cathedral, Lyfing London
Knut the great		January 6, 1017	St Paul's Cathedral, Lyfing London
Harald I. Hasenfuß		1037	Oxford
Hardiknut		June 1040	Canterbury Cathedral Edsige
Edward the Confessor	Emma	April 3, 1043	Winchester Edsige Cathedral
Harald II Godwinson		January 6, 1066	first coronation at Westminster Abbey , Stigand
Normans House of the Rollonids
William I the Conqueror		December 25, 1066	Aldred , Archbishop of York
	Mathilde of Flanders	May 11, 1068	Stigand
Wilhelm II Rufus		September 26, 1087	Lanfrank from Bec
Heinrich I. Beauclerc		August 5, 1100	Anselm
	Edith of Scotland	November 11, 1100	Anselm
	Adelheid von Löwen	January 30, 1121	Ralph d'Escures
Stephan of Blois		December 22, 1135	Wilhelm of Corbeil
	Mathilda of Boulogne	March 22, 1136	Wilhelm of Corbeil
House Plantagenet
Heinrich II. Short coat	Eleanor of Aquitaine	December 19, 1154	Theobald von Bec
Heinrich II. Short coat	Eleanor of Aquitaine	1158	Lincoln Cathedral
Heinrich II. Short coat	Eleanor of Aquitaine	April 20, 1159	Worcester Cathedral
Heinrich the Younger		June 14, 1170	Roger de Pont l'Évêque , Archbishop of York
Heinrich the Younger		August 27, 1172	Winchester Rotrou Cathedral , Archbishop of Rouen
Richard I. the Lionheart		September 2, 1189	Baldwin of Exeter
	Berengaria of Navarre	May 12, 1191	Limassol Johann von Évreux
Johann without a country		May 27, 1199	Hubert Walter
	Isabella of Angoulême	October 8, 1200	Hubert Walter
Henry III		October 28, 1216	Gloucester Cathedral Peter des Roches , Bishop of Winchester
Henry III		May 17, 1220	Stephen Langton
	Eleanor of Provence	January 20, 1236	Edmund Rich
Edward I. Longshanks	Eleanor of Castile	August 19, 1274	Robert Kilwardby
	Margaret of France	after September 1299	Robert Winchelsey
Edward II Caernarvon	Isabella of France	February 25, 1308	Henry Woodlock , Bishop of Winchester
Edward III. Windsor		February 1, 1327	Walter Reynolds
	Philippa of Hainaut	February 18, 1330	Simon Mepeham
Richard II. Bordeaux		July 16, 1377	Simon Sudbury
	Anne of Bohemia	January 22, 1382	William Courtenay
	Isabelle de Valois	January 5, 1397	Thomas Arundel
Lancaster house
Henry IV Bolingbroke		October 13, 1399	Thomas Arundel
	Joan of Navarre	February 26, 1403	Thomas Arundel
Henry V Monmouth		April 9, 1413	Thomas Arundel
	Catherine of Valois	February 23, 1421	Henry Chicheley
Henry VI.		November 6, 1429	Henry Chicheley
Henry VI.		December 16, 1431	Notre Dame de Paris as King of France
	Margaret of Anjou	May 30, 1445	John Stafford
York House
Edward IV		June 28, 1461	Thomas Bourchier
	Elizabeth Woodville	May 26, 1465	Thomas Bourchier
Richard III	Anne Neville	July 6, 1483	Thomas Bourchier
House of Tudor
Henry VII Tewdwr		October 30, 1485	Thomas Bourchier
	Elizabeth of York	November 25, 1487	John Morton
Henry VIII	Catherine of Aragon	June 24, 1509	William Warham
	Anne Boleyn	June 1, 1533	Thomas Cranmer
Edward VI.		February 20, 1547	Thomas Cranmer
Maria I. the Bloody		October 1, 1553	Stephan Gardiner , Bishop of Winchester
Elizabeth I.		January 15, 1559	Owen Oglethorpe , Bishop of Carlisle

Kings and Queens of Scotland until 1603

Ruling ruler	queen	Coronation date	Executor / place
House Dunkeld
David I.	Maud of Huntingdon	April or May 1124	Scone Abbey
Malcolm IV		May 27, 1153	Scone Abbey
Wilhelm I the lion		December 24, 1165	Scone Abbey
Alexander II		December 6, 1214	Scone Abbey
Alexander III the glorious	Margaret of England	4th September 1241	Scone Abbey
Transition period
John Balliol	Isabella de Warenne	November 30, 1292	Scone Abbey
Robert I. (the) Bruce	Elizabeth de Burgh	March 27, 1306	Robert Wishart , Bishop of Glasgow Scone Abbey
David II	Joan of England	November 24, 1331	Scone Abbey
House of Stuart
Robert II Stewart	Euphemia de Ross	March 26, 1371	Scone Abbey
Robert III	Annabella Drummond	August 18, 1390	Scone Abbey
Jacob I.		2 or May 21, 1424	Scone Abbey
Jacob II		March 26, 1437	Holyrood Abbey
Jacob III		August 10, 1460	Kelso Abbey
Jacob IV		June 24, 1488	Scone Abbey
Jacob V.		September 21, 1513	Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle
	Marie de Guise	February 22, 1540	Holyrood Abbey
Maria I.		September 9, 1543	Chapel Royal , Stirling Castle
Jacob VI		July 29, 1567	John Knox Church of the Holy Rude , Stirling
	Anna of Denmark	May 17, 1590	James Melville Holyrood Abbey

Kings and Queens of England and Scotland (1603–1707)

Ruling ruler	queen	Coronation date	Executive
House of Stuart
Jakob I./VI.	Anna of Denmark	July 11, 1603	John Whitgift
Charles I.		February 2, 1626	George Abbot
Charles II		April 23, 1661	William Juxon
Jacob II./VII.	Maria of Modena	April 23, 1685	William Sancroft
William III. of Orange-Nassau Maria II.	ruled together	April 11, 1689	Henry Compton , Bishop of London
Anne		April 23, 1702	Thomas Tenison

Kings and Queens of Great Britain (1707–1801) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and (Northern) Ireland (1801 – present)

Ruling ruler	queen	Coronation date	Executive
House of Hanover
George I.		October 20, 1714	Thomas Tenison
George II	Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach	October 11, 1727	William Wake
George III	Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	September 22, 1761	Thomas Secker
George IV		July 19, 1821	Charles Manners-Sutton
William IV	Adelheid of Saxe-Meiningen	September 8, 1831	William Howley
Victoria		June 28, 1838	William Howley
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha from 1917 House of Windsor
Edward VII	Alexandra of Denmark	August 9, 1902	Frederick Temple
George V.	Maria von Teck	June 22, 1911	Randall T. Davidson
George V.	Maria von Teck	December 12, 1911	Delhi Durbar , enthroned as Emperor of India
George VI.	Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon	May 12, 1937	Cosmo Gordon Lang
Elizabeth II		June 2, 1953	Sir Geoffrey Fisher

literature

Schramm, Percy Ernst: History of the English royalty in the light of the coronation , Weimar 1937.
Strong, Roy: Coronation - From the 8th to the 21st Century , London 2005, ISBN 0-00-716055-0
Britain´s Kings & Queens , Pitkin London 1974
Antonia Fraser: The lives of the Kings & Queens of England , Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1983

Remarks

↑ ^a ^b married but not crowned together
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Separate coronation of the queen consort
↑ unmarried
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab To his coronation still unmarried
^ Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . First reformed coronation service
↑ First Coronation Service of the Reformed Art
↑ As a Catholic, his wife Henrietta Maria of France was excluded from some parts of the coronation liturgy and is considered not to be crowned.
↑ ^a ^b ^c husbands of British queens are not crowned.
↑ 1694 divorced from Sophie Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg .
↑ His wife, Caroline von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , who had been rejected by him, was denied access to the coronation by guards
↑ The date was originally for the coronation of Edward VIII. Provided

[verheiratet-1] rried but not crowned together

[Königin-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Separate coronation of the queen consort

[ohne-3] unmarried

[unverheiratet-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab To his coronation still unmarried

[Religion-5] Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . First reformed coronation service

[Religion1-6] First Coronation Service of the Reformed Art

[7] As a Catholic, his wife Henrietta Maria of France was excluded from some parts of the coronation liturgy and is considered not to be crowned.

[Prinzgemahl-8] usbands of British queens are not crowned.

[9] 1694 divorced from Sophie Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg .

[10] His wife, Caroline von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , who had been rejected by him, was denied access to the coronation by guards

[11] The date was originally for the coronation of Edward VIII. Provided