Coronation of George I

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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.

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Coronation of George I canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coronation ceremony
state ceremony
associatedWith Whig Supremacy
surface form: Whig ascendancy in British politics
cause death of Queen Anne
ceremonialSite Coronation Chair
coronatedPerson George I of Great Britain
coronatedTitle Northern Ireland
surface form: 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 Queen Anne
surface form: 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 aristocracy
surface form: British nobility

House of Hanover
hasTitle Coronation of George I self-link
locatedIn England
London, England
surface form: London
location Westminster Abbey, London
surface form: Westminster Abbey
officiatedBy Archbishop of Canterbury
opposedBy Jacobite risings
surface form: 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

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St Edward's Crown usedIn Coronation of George I
Coronation of George I hasTitle Coronation of George I self-link
Coronation of George II precededBy Coronation of George I
Coronation of Queen Anne followedBy Coronation of George I