# Canonical recap data for Coronation of William the Conqueror (1066)
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title: Coronation of William the Conqueror
subtitle: William's coronation following his Norman victory at Hastings inaugurated a new dynastic order and redirected the course of English political development.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1066-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1066
decade: 1060
country:
name: England
slug: england
summaryShort: The coronation of William the Conqueror as King of England took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 25 December 1066, following the Norman Conquest of England. It was the first coronation which can be proved to have been held at Westminster. In May 1068, William's wife, Matilda of Flanders, was also crowned at the a
summaryLong: The coronation of William the Conqueror as King of England took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 25 December 1066, following the Norman Conquest of England. It was the first coronation which can be proved to have been held at Westminster. In May 1068, William's wife, Matilda of Flanders, was also crowned at the abbey. At Easter in 1070, William was crowned for a second time at Winchester by three papal legates, to confirm the acceptance of his rule by the Catholic Church.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Coronations of William the Conqueror and Matilda"
importance: 87
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronations_of_William_the_Conqueror_and_Matilda"
  title: Coronation of William the Conqueror
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The coronation of William the Conqueror as King of England took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 25 December 1066, following the Norman Conquest of Englan
wikidataQid: Q118127748
taxonomy:
domain: political
eventTypes:
- regime_change
canonicalClasses:
- governance
- celebration
- transformation
impactRadius: national
velocity: sudden
predictability: scheduled
intentionality: planned
domainCoupling: multi_domain
lifecycleClass: birth
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260331215140/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronations_of_William_the_Conqueror_and_Matilda"
  capturedAt: 2026-03-31
  label: Coronation of William the Conqueror
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronations_of_William_the_Conqueror_and_Matilda"
