THE CORONATION OF WILLIAM IV [WILLIAM IV (1765-1837, King of Great Britain)]

Printed Copy of “The Cermonies to be observed at the Royal Coronation of their Most Excellent Majesties” starting with details of the Royal Regalia of the King and Queen and who carried it, there follows a very detailed description of the ceremony - The Recognition, The Offering, The Oath, The Annointing and continuing to the Crowning and the Holy Sacrament, the publication authorised by Norfolk, Earl Marsha, 10 pages folio, printed by Robert George Clarke, Whitehall, 30th August

The coronation of William IV and his wife, Adelaide, as King and Queen of the United Kingdom took place on Thursday, 8th September 1831, over fourteen months after he succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom at the age of 64, the oldest person to assume the throne until Charles III in 2022. The ceremony was held in Westminster Abbey after a public procession through the streets from St James's Palace, to which the King and Queen returned later as part of a second procession.

Item Date:  1831

Stock No:  43036      £225

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