KINGS OF ENGLAND
SOME CHRISTMAS CORONATIONS On Christmas 800 } Charlemagne the Great was crowned Emperor of the West. The according to contemporary accounts, was one of the most brilliant spectacles of the time. The ylear previously Leo 111. had lied from Rome under I'ear of assasination and placed himself under the protection oi Charlemagne and was .so well treat, ed, and so deeply impressed that when he returned to the Vatican lit gave his benefactor the title of Emperor of the West. Charlemagne wuncrowned with extraordinary pomiand ceremony. Several of the early Kings of Eng. land were crowned about Christina? time among them Canute and Ed ward tht; Confessor and the Christ, mas of 1065 was signalised by three important occurrences : The consecration of Westminster Abbey fl the death of Edward the and the coronation of Harold as his sue. censor. But before twelve months were fully gone the English crown was worn by still another. On Christmas Day, William the Conqueror was crowned King of England by Archbishop Ealdred.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 32, 14 December 1945, Page 10 (Supplement)
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170KINGS OF ENGLAND Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 32, 14 December 1945, Page 10 (Supplement)
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