List of British coronations explained

This is a list by date of coronations of British monarchs from the 10th century to the present.

Monarchs of England (900–1603)

MonarchConsortDate of accessionDate of coronationPresiding cleric
Edward the Elder26 October 899Whit Sunday, 8 June 900
Kingston upon Thames
Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury
Æthelstan17 July 9244 September 925
Kingston upon Thames
Athelm, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edmund I27 October 939Possibly 1 December 939
Kingston upon Thames
Oda, Archbishop of Canterbury
Eadred26 May 94616 August 946
Kingston upon Thames
Eadwig23 November 95526 January 956
Kingston upon Thames
Edgar1 October 959Whit Sunday, 11 May 973
Bath Abbey
Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward the Martyr8 July 975August 975
Kingston upon Thames
Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury and Oswald, Archbishop of York
Æthelred the Unready18 March 978April 978
Kingston upon Thames
Edmund Ironside23 April 101625 April 1016
Old St Paul's Cathedral
Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury
Cnut30 November 1016Possibly January 1017
Old St Paul's Cathedral
Harthacnut17 March 1040Possibly June 1040
Canterbury Cathedral
Eadsige, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward the Confessor8 June 1042Easter Sunday, 3 April 1043
Old Minster, Winchester
Edith of WessexJanuary 1045
Old Minster, Winchester
Harold II5 January 1066Saturday, 6 January 1066
probably at Westminster Abbey
Ealdred, Archbishop of York or
Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury[1]
William I - articleNov-Dec 1066Christmas Day,
Monday, 25 December 1066
Ealdred, Archbishop of York
Matilda of FlandersSunday, 11 May 1068
William II9 September 1087Sunday, 26 September 1087Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry I2 August 1100Sunday, 5 August 1100Maurice, Bishop of London
Matilda of Scotland11 November 1100
marriage
Sunday, 11 November 1100Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury
24 January 1121
marriage
Sunday, 30 January 1121Ralph d'Escures, Archbishop of Canterbury
StephenSaint Stephen's Day
Thursday, 26 December 1135
William de Corbeil, Archbishop of Canterbury
Matilda of BoulogneSunday, 22 March 1136?
Henry IIEleanor of Aquitaine25 October 1154Sunday, 19 December 1154Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry the Young KingSunday, 14 June 1170Roger de Pont L'Evêque, Archbishop of York
Margaret of FranceSunday, 27 August 1172
Winchester Cathedral
Rotrou, Archbishop of Rouen
Richard I6 July 1189Sunday, 3 September 1189Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of Canterbury
Berengaria of Navarre12 May 1191
marriage
Sunday, 12 May 1191
Kingdom of Cyprus
John6 April 1199Ascension Day,
Thursday, 27 May 1199
Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury
Isabella of Angoulême24 August 1200
marriage
Sunday, 8 October 1200
Henry III19 October 1216Friday, 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 1220Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
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 III20 January 1327Sunday, 1 February 1327Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury
Philippa of Hainault24 January 1328
marriage
Sunday, 18 February 1330Simon Mepeham, Archbishop of Canterbury
Richard II21 June 1377Thursday, 16 July 1377Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
Anne of Bohemia20 January 1382
marriage
Thursday, 22 January 1382William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury
Isabella of Valois1 November 1396
marriage
Monday, 8 January 1397Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry IV30 September 1399St Edward's Day,
Monday, 13 October 1399
Joanna of Navarre7 February 1403
marriage
Monday, 26 February 1403
Henry V20 March 1413Passion Sunday,
Sunday, 9 April 1413
Catherine of Valois2 June 1420
marriage
Sunday, 23 February 1421Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
Henry VI31 August 1422Sunday, 6 November 1429
21 October 1422Sunday, 16 December 1431
as King of France
Notre Dame de Paris
Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester
Margaret of Anjou23 April 1445
marriage
Sunday, 30 May 1445John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward IV4 March 1461Sunday, 28 June 1461Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
Elizabeth Woodville1 May 1464
marriage
Sunday, 26 May 1465
Richard IIIAnne Neville25 June 1483Sunday, 6 July 1483
Henry VII22 August 1485Sunday, 30 October 1485
Elizabeth of York18 January 1486Sunday, 25 November 1487John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury
Catherine of Aragon21 April 1509 (King)
11 June 1509 (Queen)
marriage
Sunday, 24 June 1509William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury
Anne Boleyn- article28 May 1533
marriage
Sunday, 1 June 1533Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward VI - article28 January 1547Sunday, 20 February 1547
19 July 1553Sunday, 1 October 1553Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
17 November 1558Sunday, 15 January 1559Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle

Monarchs of Scotland (1057–1651)

MonarchConsortDate of inauguration or coronation PlacePresiding cleric
Lulach8 September 1057 ?
Malcolm III25 April 1058? Scone, Perth and Kinross ?
April or May 1124 Possibly Gregoir, Bishop of Dunkeld[2]
Wednesday, 27 May 1153 Scone Abbey Possibly Robert of Scone, Bishop of St Andrews[3]
Friday, 24 December 1165 Scone Abbey Richard the Chaplain, Bishop of St Andrews
Saturday, 6 December 1214 Scone Abbey William de Malveisin, Bishop of St Andrews
Wednesday, 4 September 1241 Scone Abbey David de Bernham, Bishop of St Andrews
Sunday, 30 November 1292 Scone Abbey William Fraser, Bishop of St Andrews
Sunday, 27 March 1306 Scone Abbey No bishop present[4]
Sunday, 24 November 1331 Scone Abbey James Bane, Bishop of St Andrews
Wednesday, 26 March 1371 Scone Abbey William de Landallis, Bishop of St Andrews
Thursday, 18 August 1390 Scone Abbey Walter Trail, Bishop of St Andrews
Tuesday, 2 May or
Sunday, 21 May 1424
Scone Abbey Henry Wardlaw, Bishop of St Andrews
Tuesday, 25 March 1437 Michael Ochiltree, Bishop of Dunblane
Sunday, 10 August 1460 James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews
Tuesday, 24 June 1488 Scone Abbey William Scheves, Archbishop of St Andrews
Wednesday, 21 September 1513 James Beaton, Archbishop of Glasgow
Sunday, 22 February 1540 David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews
Sunday, 9 September 1543 Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews
Tuesday, 29 July 1567 Kirk of the Holy Rude, Stirling Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney
Sunday, 17 May 1590, O.S.Holyrood Abbey
Tuesday, 18 June 1633, O.S.Holyrood Abbey John Spottiswoode, Archbishop of St Andrews
Scone Abbey Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll

Monarchs of England, Ireland and Scotland (1603–1707)

From 1603 onwards England, Ireland and Scotland were personally united under the same ruler (see Personal union).

MonarchConsortDate of accessionTime interveningDate of coronationPresiding cleric
4 mo 1 d John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury
10 mo 6 d George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury
30 January 1648/1649, O.S. (de jure)
8 May 1660, O.S. (de facto)
11 mo 15 d William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury
6 February 1684/1685, O.S.2 mo 17 d William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury
(reigned jointly) 1 mo 29 d Henry Compton, Bishop of London
1 mo 15 d Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury

Monarchs of Great Britain and Ireland (1707–1801)

MonarchConsortDate of accessionTime interveningDate of coronationPresiding cleric
2 mo 19 d Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury
4 mo William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury
25 October 1760 (King)
8 September 1761 (Queen) marriage
10 mo 28 d 14 d Tuesday, 22 September 1761 Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury

Monarchs of the United Kingdom (1801–present)

MonarchConsortDate of accessionTime interveningDate of coronationPresiding cleric
29 January 1820 1 y 5 mo 20 d Thursday, 19 July 1821 Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury
26 June 1830 1 y 2 mo 13 d Thursday, 8 September 1831 William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury
20 June 1837 1 y 8 d Thursday, 28 June 1838
22 January 1901 1 y 6 mo 18 d Saturday, 9 August 1902 Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury
6 May 1910 1 y 1 mo 16 d Thursday, 22 June 1911 Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury
20 January 1936
11 December 1936 5 mo 1 d Wednesday, 12 May 1937 Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury
6 February 1952 1 y 3 mo 27 d Tuesday, 2 June 1953 Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury
8 September 2022 7 m 28 dSaturday, 6 May 2023 Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: England: Anglo-Saxon Consecrations: 871–1066. www.archontology.org . 28 July 2010.
  2. Book: Duncan, A. A. M.. Kingship of the Scots, 842-1292: Succession and Independence. 30 August 2016. Edinburgh University Press. 9781474415453 . Google Books.
  3. Book: Broun, Dauvit. Scottish Independence and the Idea of Britain. 20 August 2013. Edinburgh University Press. 9780748685202 . Google Books.
  4. Book: Duncan, A. A. M.. Acts of Robert I (1306-1329). 29 July 2019. Edinburgh University Press. 9781474467896 . Google Books.