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 clericÆthelstan 17 July 9244 September 925Kingston upon ThamesAthelm, Archbishop of CanterburyEdmund I 27 October 939Possibly 1 December 939Kingston upon Thames Oda, Archbishop of CanterburyEadred 26 May 94616 August 946Kingston upon ThamesEadwig 23 November 95526 January 956Kingston upon ThamesEdgar Ælfthryth 1 October 959Whit Sunday, 11 May 973Bath AbbeyDunstan, Archbishop of CanterburyEdward the Martyr 8 July 975August 975Kingston upon Thames Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury and Oswald, Archbishop of YorkÆthelred the Unready 18 March 978April 978Kingston upon ThamesEdmund Ironside 23 April 101625 April 1016Old St Paul's Cathedral Lyfing, Archbishop of CanterburyCnut 30 November 1016Possibly January 1017Old St Paul's CathedralHarthacnut 17 March 1040Possibly June 1040Canterbury Cathedral Eadsige, Archbishop of CanterburyEdward the Confessor 8 June 1042Easter Sunday, 3 April 1043Old Minster, Winchester Edith of Wessex January 1045Old Minster, WinchesterHarold II 5 January 1066Saturday, 6 January 1066probably at Westminster AbbeyEaldred, Archbishop of York or Stigand, Archbishop of CanterburyWilliam I - article Nov-Dec 1066Christmas Day,Monday, 25 December 1066Ealdred, Archbishop of YorkMatilda of Flanders Sunday, 11 May 1068William II9 September 1087Sunday, 26 September 1087Lanfranc, Archbishop of CanterburyHenry I2 August 1100Sunday, 5 August 1100Maurice, Bishop of LondonMatilda of Scotland11 November 1100marriageSunday, 11 November 1100Anselm, Archbishop of CanterburyAdeliza of Louvain 24 January 1121marriageSunday, 30 January 1121Ralph d'Escures, Archbishop of CanterburyStephen Saint Stephen's DayThursday, 26 December 1135William de Corbeil, Archbishop of CanterburyMatilda of Boulogne Sunday, 22 March 1136?Henry IIEleanor of Aquitaine25 October 1154Sunday, 19 December 1154Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of CanterburyHenry the Young King Sunday, 14 June 1170Roger de Pont L'Evêque, Archbishop of YorkMargaret of France Sunday, 27 August 1172Winchester CathedralRotrou, Archbishop of RouenRichard I6 July 1189Sunday, 3 September 1189Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of CanterburyBerengaria of Navarre12 May 1191marriageSunday, 12 May 1191Kingdom of CyprusJohn6 April 1199Ascension Day,Thursday, 27 May 1199Hubert Walter, Archbishop of CanterburyIsabella of Angoulême24 August 1200marriageSunday, 8 October 1200Henry III19 October 1216Friday, 28 October 1216Church of St. Peter in Gloucester(now Gloucester Cathedral)Cardinal Guala Bicchieri or Peter des Roches, Bishop of WinchesterSunday, 17 May 1220Stephen Langton, Archbishop of CanterburyEleanor of Provence14 January 1236marriageSunday, 20 January 1236Edmund Rich, Archbishop of CanterburyEdward IEleanor of Castile16 November 1272Sunday, 19 August 1274Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of CanterburyEdward IIIsabella of France7 July 1307Sunday, 25 February 1308Henry Woodlock, Bishop of WinchesterEdward III 20 January 1327Sunday, 1 February 1327Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury Philippa of Hainault24 January 1328marriageSunday, 18 February 1330Simon Mepeham, Archbishop of CanterburyRichard II 21 June 1377Thursday, 16 July 1377Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of CanterburyAnne of Bohemia20 January 1382marriageThursday, 22 January 1382William Courtenay, Archbishop of CanterburyIsabella of Valois1 November 1396marriageMonday, 8 January 1397Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of CanterburyHenry IV30 September 1399St Edward's Day, Monday, 13 October 1399Joanna of Navarre7 February 1403marriageMonday, 26 February 1403Henry V20 March 1413Passion Sunday, Sunday, 9 April 1413Catherine of Valois2 June 1420marriageSunday, 23 February 1421Henry Chichele, Archbishop of CanterburyHenry VI31 August 1422Sunday, 6 November 142921 October 1422Sunday, 16 December 1431as King of FranceNotre Dame de ParisHenry Beaufort, Bishop of WinchesterMargaret of Anjou23 April 1445marriageSunday, 30 May 1445John Stafford, Archbishop of CanterburyEdward IV4 March 1461Sunday, 28 June 1461Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of CanterburyElizabeth Woodville1 May 1464marriageSunday, 26 May 1465Richard IIIAnne Neville25 June 1483Sunday, 6 July 1483Henry VII22 August 1485Sunday, 30 October 1485Elizabeth of York18 January 1486Sunday, 25 November 1487John Morton, Archbishop of CanterburyHenry VIII - article Catherine of Aragon21 April 1509 (King)11 June 1509 (Queen)marriageSunday, 24 June 1509William Warham, Archbishop of CanterburyAnne Boleyn- article28 May 1533marriageSunday, 1 June 1533Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of CanterburyEdward VI - article28 January 1547Sunday, 20 February 1547Mary I - article 19 July 1553Sunday, 1 October 1553Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of WinchesterElizabeth I - article 17 November 1558Sunday, 15 January 1559Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle
Monarchs of Scotland (1057–1651)
Monarch Consort Date of inauguration or coronation Place Presiding clericLulach 8 September 1057 Scone Abbey ?Malcolm III 25 April 1058? Scone, Perth and Kinross ? David I Maud, Countess of Huntingdon April or May 1124 Scone Abbey Possibly Gregoir, Bishop of Dunkeld Malcolm IV Wednesday, 27 May 1153 Scone Abbey Possibly Robert of Scone, Bishop of St Andrews William I Friday, 24 December 1165 Scone Abbey Richard the Chaplain, Bishop of St Andrews Alexander II Saturday, 6 December 1214 Scone Abbey William de Malveisin, Bishop of St Andrews Alexander III Wednesday, 4 September 1241 Scone Abbey David de Bernham, Bishop of St Andrews John (Balliol) Isabella de Warenne Sunday, 30 November 1292 Scone Abbey William Fraser, Bishop of St Andrews Robert I Elizabeth de Burgh Sunday, 27 March 1306 Scone Abbey No bishop present David II Joan of England Sunday, 24 November 1331 Scone Abbey James Bane, Bishop of St Andrews Robert II Euphemia de Ross Wednesday, 26 March 1371 Scone Abbey William de Landallis, Bishop of St Andrews Robert III Annabella Drummond Thursday, 18 August 1390 Scone Abbey Walter Trail, Bishop of St Andrews James I Tuesday, 2 May or Sunday, 21 May 1424 Scone Abbey Henry Wardlaw, Bishop of St Andrews James II Tuesday, 25 March 1437 Holyrood Abbey Michael Ochiltree, Bishop of Dunblane James III Sunday, 10 August 1460 Kelso Abbey James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews James IV Tuesday, 24 June 1488 Scone Abbey William Scheves, Archbishop of St Andrews James V Wednesday, 21 September 1513 Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle James Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews Mary of Guise Sunday, 22 February 1540 Holyrood Abbey David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews Mary I - article Sunday, 9 September 1543 Chapel Royal, Stirling Castle John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews James VI - article Tuesday, 29 July 1567 Kirk of the Holy Rude, Stirling Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney Anne of Denmark - article Sunday, 17 May 1590, O.S. Holyrood Abbey Charles I Tuesday, 18 June 1633, O.S. Holyrood Abbey John Spottiswoode, Archbishop of St Andrews Charles II - article Wednesday, 1 January 1651, O.S. 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). Monarch Consort Date of accession Time intervening Date of coronation Presiding cleric James VI and I - article Anne of Denmark 24 March 1602/1603, O.S. 4 mo 1 d Saint James's Day,Monday, 25 July 1603, O.S. John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury Charles I 27 March 1625, O.S. 10 mo 6 d Candlemas,Thursday, 2 February 1625/1626, O.S. George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury Charles II - article 30 January 1648/1649, O.S. (de jure)8 May 1660, O.S. (de facto) 11 mo 15 d Saint George's Day,Tuesday, 23 April 1661, O.S. William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury James II and VII - article Mary of Modena 6 February 1684/1685, O.S. 2 mo 17 d Saint George's Day,Thursday, 23 April 1685, O.S. William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury William III and II and Mary II (reigned jointly) 13 February 1688/1689, O.S. 1 mo 29 d Thursday, 11 April 1689, O.S. Henry Compton, Bishop of London Anne 8 March 1701/1702, O.S. 1 mo 15 d Saint George's Day,Thursday, 23 April 1702, O.S. Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury
Monarchs of Great Britain and Ireland (1707–1801) Monarch Consort Date of accession Time intervening Date of coronation Presiding cleric George I 1 August 1714, O.S. 2 mo 19 d Wednesday, 20 October 1714, O.S. Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury George II - article Caroline of Ansbach 11 June 1727, O.S. 4 mo Wednesday, 11 October 1727, O.S. William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury George III - article Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 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) Monarch Consort Date of accession Time intervening Date of coronation Presiding cleric George IV - article 29 January 1820 1 y 5 mo 20 d Thursday, 19 July 1821 Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury William IV - article Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen 26 June 1830 1 y 2 mo 13 d Thursday, 8 September 1831 William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury Victoria - article 20 June 1837 1 y 8 d Thursday, 28 June 1838 Edward VII - article Alexandra of Denmark 22 January 1901 1 y 6 mo 18 d Saturday, 9 August 1902 Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury George V - article Mary of Teck 6 May 1910 1 y 1 mo 16 d Thursday, 22 June 1911 Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury Edward VIII - article 20 January 1936 George VI - article Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 11 December 1936 5 mo 1 d Wednesday, 12 May 1937 Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury Elizabeth II - article 6 February 1952 1 y 3 mo 27 d Tuesday, 2 June 1953 Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury Charles III - article Camilla Shand 8 September 2022 7 m 28 dSaturday, 6 May 2023 Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury
See also List of people involved in coronations of the British monarch
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