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Coronations in France
Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:05:01 +0100
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Stephen...
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At the risk of actually asking a question about royalty ;)
pierre_aronax...
Rheims Cathedral (as we all know) was the venue for French coronations. But
when was it first used as such? Were coronations held anywhere else before
then? In particular, did coronations ever take place at St Denis?
Stephen...
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If I can take the liberty to quote myself, see:
Pierre
Thank you for replying, but the link doesn't seem to work and I haven't been
able to find what you refer to.
frederick...
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That link works fine for me here, but if it's still not working for you
then here's an alternative address for you to try:
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Stephen
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pierre_aronax...
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If I can take the liberty to quote myself, see:
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pierre_aronax...
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In the modern era, it became the traditionnal place for queens
consort's coronations when their husband had already been crowned in
Rheims.
pierre_aronax...
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Anointment and Coronation were planned for Louis XVIII (at
Sainte-Genevi=E8ve, in Paris, rather than at Rheims) and regalia were
prepared in that view, but the return of Napol=E9on postponed the
ceremony, and later it was abandoned, the bad physical condition of His
Majesty playing certainly a great part in this. There were also
projects of coronation for Napol=E9on III (some wanted him to be
anointed in Rheims!), but not for Louis-Philippe.
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atsarisborn...
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Special thanks to Candide for a wonderful list!
(Don't all of us rmo-ers thrive on lists?)
I gather Louis XVIII and Louis-Philippe were never crowned at all?
How about Napoleon III?
What queens besides Marie des Medicis were crowned at St. Denis? (It
seems an odd choice for a coronation.)
pierre_aronax...
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Seven if I am not wrong, but in eight ceremonies, Anne of Brittany
having been anoited and crowned two times, one time as Charles VIII's
wife, second time as Louis XII's wife.
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Henri IV of course was crowned at Chartres because Paris and Rheims
were both in the hands of his uncle, the Cardinal de Bourbon, "Charles
X, roi de la ligue", at the time.
(Lovely place for it though.)
Jean Coeur de Lapin
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