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The coronation proper begins with the bishops' petition that the traditional rights of the Church be maintained and the king's reply, followed by the king's taking of the coronation oath, [9] in the Bourbon era on the Reims Gospel. Then the Recognition takes place followed by the singing of the Te Deum.
The kings used the title "King of the Franks" (Latin: Rex Francorum) until the late twelfth century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin: Rex Franciae; French: roi de France) was Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which the title "King of the Franks" gradually lost ground. [3]
The tradition of French monarchs stretched back to Clovis I in the fifth century and coronations had taken place in Reims since the ninth century. In 1825 the event had four stages: The King's journey from Paris to Reims, the ceremonies in that city, his return journey to Paris and entry into the city and various events held in the capital. [4]
1274: the king cedes half of the Comtat Venaissin to pope Gregory X; 1283: Perche and the County of Alençon are inherited from the king's brother Pierre I of Alençon. 1284: purchase of the County of Chartres. the king makes appanage grants of Valois to his second son Charles and Beaumont-en-Oise to his third son Louis. [17]
Coronation of King Wilhelm I of Prussia. King Wilhelm I was crowned in 1861 as King of Prussia, prior to the establishment of the German Empire (1871). He was crowned with great pomp, becoming the first king to be crowned in Prussia since the coronation of King Friedrich I in 1701, although a significant number of politicians opposed the idea ...
It was the last coronation of the Ancien Regime before the French Revolution thirteen years later led to the overthrow of the monarchy. [5] It was also the penultimate coronation of a French king followed only by the Coronation of Charles X (Louis' younger brother the Count of Artois) in Reims during the Bourbon Restoration. [6]
The French army took Bonny-sur-Loire [16] and Saint-Fargeau. Joan of Arc broke her sword on the back of a camp follower. [17] Two days later the Dauphin ordered a march to the city of the coronation: the march began at Gien on 29 June 1429. The ease of the march showed both the fragility of the Anglo-Burgundian rule and the restoration of ...
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