Coronation of William III and Mary II

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The Coronation of William III and Mary II was the 1689 joint crowning ceremony in Westminster Abbey that inaugurated their reign as co-monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland following the Glorious Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coronation ceremony
historical event
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Ireland
Kingdom of Scotland
chronologyWithin Stuart period
coronated Mary II of England
William III of England
country Kingdom of England
depictedIn contemporary engravings
oil paintings
endTime 1689-04-11
followed abdication of James II of England
followedBy signing of the Bill of Rights 1689
hasAttendee foreign ambassadors
members of the House of Commons
members of the House of Lords
hasCause Glorious Revolution
hasCharacteristic Protestant monarchy
joint coronation
hasEffect consolidation of Williamite regime in England
symbolic end of James II's reign
hasSubject Mary II of England
William III of England
hasTheme Protestant succession
assertion of parliamentary supremacy
inauguratedReignOf Mary II of England
William III of England
language English
Latin
locatedIn City of Westminster
England
London, England
surface form: London
location Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
surface form: Westminster Abbey
officiatedBy Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop William Sancroft
surface form: William Sancroft
partOf English coronation tradition
pointInTime 1689-04-11
precededBy Convention Parliament of 1689
religion Anglicanism
significantEventFor Convention Parliament of 1689
surface form: Glorious Revolution settlement
startTime 1689-04-11
usedRegalia Ampulla and Coronation Spoon
Imperial State Crown
Orb
Sceptre with the Cross
Sceptre with the Dove
St Edward's Crown
Sword of State
usedRite Anglican coronation liturgy

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Coronation of James II followedBy Coronation of William III and Mary II
Coronation of Queen Anne follows Coronation of William III and Mary II
St Edward's Crown usedIn Coronation of William III and Mary II