Coronation of George III

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coronation royal ceremony

The Coronation of George III was the 1761 ceremony in Westminster Abbey formally crowning George III as King of Great Britain and marking the beginning of his long reign.

Aliases (1)

The Coronation of George III (painting by John Copley) ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coronation → royal ceremony →
category	1761 in London → British coronations → George III of the United Kingdom →
century	18th century →
ceremonialVenueFunction	royal peculiar →
chronologyPosition	coronation of the third Hanoverian king of Great Britain →
city	London →
consortCrownedTitle	Queen consort of Great Britain →
coronationChurch	Westminster Abbey →
coronationOathTakenBy	George III →
country	Kingdom of Great Britain →
countryAtTime	Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
crownedAs	sovereign of Great Britain → sovereign of Ireland →
crownedMonarchHouse	House of Hanover →
date	22 September 1761 →
denomination	Anglicanism →
followedBy	Coronation of George IV →
follows	Coronation of George II →
hasDepiction	The Coronation of George III (painting by John Copley) → contemporary engravings of the coronation procession →
hasSpouseCrowned	Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz →
hasSubject	legitimization of George III’s rule → public display of monarchy →
hasType	religious ceremony → state ceremony →
languageOfCeremony	English →
linkedEvent	accession of George III → marriage of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz →
location	Westminster Abbey →
marksBeginningOf	reign of George III →
monarchCrowned	George III →
monarchCrownedTitle	King of Great Britain → King of Ireland →
officiantTitle	Archbishop of Canterbury →
officiatedBy	Thomas Secker →
partOf	British royal coronation tradition →
politicalContext	early reign of George III →
predecessorMonarch	George II →
religion	Church of England →
startTime	22 September 1761 →
usesRite	Anglican coronation rite →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Coronation of George II →	followedBy
Coronation of George III ("The Coronation of George III (painting by John Copley)") →	hasDepiction
Coronation of George IV →	precededBy
St Edward's Crown →	usedIn