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Coronation

England · House / House of Wessex. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

15Records
900–1066Date range
12Named people
8Places

Chronological records

900

Edward the Elder8 June 900

London · House / House of Wessex

Crowned at Kingston-on-Thames, Kingston is named after the ancient coronation stone

924

Athelstan5 September 924

Kingston · House / House of Wessex

Crowned at Kingston-on-Thames by Archbishop Wulfstan

939

Edmund I16 November 939

London · House / House of Wessex

Crowned at Kingston-on-Thames

946

Eadred16 August 946

Kingston · House / House of Wessex

Crowned at Kingston-on-Thames by Archbishop Oda

956

Eadwig956

London · House / House of Wessex

Crowned at Kingston-on-Thames by Archbishop Oda

973

Edgar the Peaceful11 May 973

Bath · House / House of Wessex

Crowned at Bath "Emperor of Britain

Edgar the Peaceful973

Bath · House / House of Wessex

Crowned as King & gains the homage of eight Princes & the Scottish Kings

Edgar the Peaceful973

Chester · House / House of Wessex

Sails to Chester where 8 English King's swear feality to him

979

Ethelred II the Unready14 April 979

London · House / House of Wessex

Crowned by Dunstan at Kingston

1016

Edmund II Ironside23 April 1016

St Pauls · House / House of Wessex

Crowned at St Pauls Cathedral

1035

Harold I1035

Wessex · House / House of Wessex

Appointed Regent before, crowned in 1037

1042

Edward the Confessor3 April 1042

Westminster Abbey · House / House of Wessex

Crowned King of Wessex

1043

Edward the Confessor2 April 1043

House / House of Wessex

Edward the Confessor is crowned King

1066

Harold II6 January 1066

Westminster Abbey · House / House of Wessex

Ignores the oath made to William Duke of Normandy in 1064. Crowned King of England, on the same day Halleys comet is seen, an ominous portent

Edgar the AthelingDecember 1066

Berkhamsted · House / House of Wessex

In early December the remaining members of the Witan in London met and resolved to take the young uncrowned king out to meet William to submit to him at Berkhamsted, quietly setting aside Edgars election

Names involved

AthelstanEadredEadwigEdgar the AthelingEdgar the PeacefulEdmund IEdmund II IronsideEdward the ConfessorEdward the ElderEthelred II the UnreadyHarold IHarold II

Provenance

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