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Coronation

England · Religion / Roman Catholic Church. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

22Records
574–1533Date range
14Named people
4Places

Chronological records

574

Columba574

London · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Crowns Aidan the False

1066

Ealdred25 December 1066

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Crowns William I the Conqueror as the King of England

Ealdred1066

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Crowns Harold II as King of England

1068

Eldred11 May 1068

London · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Eldred Archbishop of York crowns Matilda as Queen of England

1155

Adrian IV1155

Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Crowns Emperor Frederick I

1170

Roger of Pont Leveque14 June 1170

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Infringes the rights of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Crowns Prince Henry against public opinion

Roger of Pont Leveque22 July 1170

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Crowns Henry II King of England

Thomas a Becket27 November 1170

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Recrowns Henry II

Thomas a BecketDecember 1170

Canterbury · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Returns to England after 6 yrs & excommunicates Bishops who had crowned Henry

Thomas a Becket1170

Canterbury · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Returns to England after 6 yrs & excommunicates Bishops who had crowned Henry. Persuades Pope Alexander III to suspend the Bishops who crowned Prince Henry

1220

Stephen Langton17 May 1220

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Carries out the 2nd coronation of Henry III

1236

Edmund of Abingdon20 January 1236

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Officiates at the Coronation of Eleanor of Provence at Westminster

1274

Robert Kilwardby19 August 1274

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Crowns Edward I at Westminster Abbey

1377

Simon Sudbury16 July 1377

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Crowns Richard II at Westminster Abbey

1431

Henry Beaufort1431

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Crowns Henry VI as King of France

1461

Thomas Bourchier1461

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Crowns Edward IV

1465

Thomas Bourchier1465

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Crowns Edward IVs Queen, Elizabeth Woodville

1483

Thomas Bourchier1483

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Crowns Richard III

1485

Thomas Bourchier30 October 1485

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Crowns Henry VII

1509

William Warham1509

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Crowns Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon

1533

Thomas More1 January 1533

Westminster Abbey · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Refuses to attend the coronation of Anne Boleyn

Thomas More1533

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

More refuses to attend the coronation of Anne Boleyn as the Queen of England

Names involved

Adrian IVColumbaEaldredEdmund of AbingdonEldredHenry BeaufortRobert KilwardbyRoger of Pont LevequeSimon SudburyStephen LangtonThomas a BecketThomas BourchierThomas MoreWilliam Warham

Provenance

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