Significance of Coronation Date Before 1900

King George II and Queen Caroline of Great Britain were crowned with great ceremony in Westminster Abbey on October 11, 1727.
They approached the Abbey from Westminster Hall along a blue carpet strewn with herbs.
Handel wrote four new anthems for the service, including Zadok the Priest.
 
Matilda of Bologna was the wife of King Stephen of England.
Matilda's own coronation at Westminster Abbey at Easter 1136 was an important step in reinforcing her husband's status.
She was the second English queen to descend directly from the Anglo-Saxon royal line after her aunt, Matilda of Scotland.
Since Stephen's claim was bolstered by his wife's heritage, her own connections were significant in lending him legitimacy.
 
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