Coronations and Enthronements


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May 11, 973 ~ The Coronation of Edgar the Peaceful, King of the English at Bath Abbey in Bath, England
 
Prince Rainier III of Monaco was enthroned in 1949.
 
Prince Rainier III of Monaco was enthroned in 1949.

The Reign of Prince Rainier III was possibly the longest 55 years, 10 months and 28 days in Monegasque history?

I'm not sure what date his enthronement took place there's normally a Mass also at the cathedral.
 
The coronation of Queen Victoria took place on Thursday, 28 June 1838, just over a year after she succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom at the age of 18. The ceremony was held in Westminster Abbey after a public procession through the streets from Buckingham Palace, to which the Queen returned later as part of a second procession.

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Why would Queen Victoria of England's Coronation have been considered comical?
 
Because of things like texts being mixed up, her ring being jammed on the wrong finger (ouch), and sandwiches and wine left by workmen in a chapel where she withdrew.
 
And the elderly Lord Rolle missing his step and twice rolling down the steps in front of the Coronation Chair when he came to kneel and pay his respects to the Queen. She got up from her Chair and caught him on the third attempt.

It was certainly a very badly organised and conducted affair, but it’s even more surprising that there was no plan at all in place for the next one, over sixty years later.
 
It was certainly a very badly organised and conducted affair, but it’s even more surprising that there was no plan at all in place for the next one, over sixty years later.
So they had to go ask Grand Duchess Augusta about the details of both Victoria and William's coronations. I've always felt a bit sad that she couldn't attend George and her darling May's coronation.
 
There had been Coronations in 1821 and again in 1831 and Lord Melbourne had over a year to plan the Coronation of Queen Victoria.
 
The 1831 coronation was cut-price precisely because the 1821 had been so extravagant. William hadn't even really wanted one, so I think it was a sort of compromise between nothing and something, and people noticed.

Melbourne may have been the epitome of laissez-faire, however can most of the things that went wrong at Victoria's coronation really be blamed on him? He was exceptionally fond of her and would surely have wanted to put her in the best possible light — and even he was called out for carrying the Sword of State "like a butcher", or something.
 
Maria Theresa of Austria refused to be crowned alongside her husband Francis Stephen as empress. Even so, she afterwards used the title of empress.
 
Maria Theresa of Austria refused to be crowned alongside her husband Francis Stephen as empress. Even so, she afterwards used the title of empress.

The Empress was crowned as Queen of Hungary on the 25th of June 1741 at St. Martin's Cathedral, Bratislava.

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The coronation procession of King George VI of England on May 12, 1937 was more than 9.6 kilometres long. This made it the longest coronation procession up to that time.
 
The coronation procession of King George VI of England on May 12, 1937 was more than 9.6 kilometres long. This made it the longest coronation procession up to that time.

The Coronation portraits of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
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Why are the British coronations so big but,Denmark,Sweden etc,so small and fast?

Because each country has its own tradition. Denmark once had a coronation like the British one but then decided to move to a smaller ceremony. And other monarchies did the same.
 
I believe the Coronation in Britain has endured in the form it has is at least partially because of the deep links between the BRF and the Anglican Church. The Church of England is the ‘official’ religion of England, the Church of State if it can be put like that, and the monarch is at its head. Few other monarchs have that deep, personal and profound bond (going back to Henry VIII) and therefore the ceremony, the Coronation in Westminster Abbey, is full of the symbolism illustrating that bond.
 
Because each country has its own tradition. Denmark once had a coronation like the British one but then decided to move to a smaller ceremony. And other monarchies did the same.

Strictly speaking, the United Kingdom is the only European monarchy that still has a coronation ceremony. Other countries have investitures, enthronements or proclamations, which are a different kind of ceremony. The last coronation in Sweden for example was held n 1873.

Some of the most elaborate coronation rituals historically in Europe were also unfortunately associated with monarchies that were deposed like those of France and Russia.
 
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