Coronation of George I

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coronation ceremony state ceremony

The Coronation of George I was the 1714 ceremony in Westminster Abbey that formally inaugurated George I as the first British monarch of the House of Hanover.

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coronation ceremony → state ceremony →
associatedWith	Whig ascendancy in British politics →
cause	death of Queen Anne →
ceremonialSite	Coronation Chair →
coronatedPerson	George I of Great Britain →
coronatedTitle	Ireland → King of Great Britain →
country	Kingdom of Great Britain →
culturalContext	early 18th-century Britain →
date	1714 →
dynastyInaugurated	House of Hanover →
followedBy	Coronation of George II →
follows	Coronation of Anne →
genre	royal event →
hasEffect	consolidation of Protestant succession in Britain → strengthening of parliamentary monarchy in Britain →
hasLanguage	English →
hasMonarch	George I of Great Britain →
hasParticipant	Archbishop of Canterbury → British nobility → House of Hanover →
hasTitle	Coronation of George I →
locatedIn	England → London →
location	Westminster Abbey →
officiatedBy	Archbishop of Canterbury →
opposedBy	Jacobites →
partOf	British coronation tradition → British royal ceremonies →
politicalContext	Act of Settlement 1701 → Hanoverian succession →
precededBy	accession of George I to the throne →
religion	Protestantism →
significance	formally inaugurated George I as king of Great Britain and Ireland → inaugurated the House of Hanover as British ruling dynasty → marked beginning of Hanoverian succession in Britain →
usedRegalia	Sovereign's Orb → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross → St Edward's Crown →
usedRite	Anglican coronation rite →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Coronation of Queen Anne →	followedBy
Coronation of George I →	hasTitle
Coronation of George II →	precededBy
St Edward's Crown →	usedIn