# Canonical recap data for Coronation of Edward VII (1902)
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slug: coronation-edward-vii
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1902/coronation-edward-vii"
title: Coronation of Edward VII
subtitle: Edward's delayed coronation ceremony marked Britain's Edwardian age, celebrated across the empire as the capstone of Victorian stability.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1902-08-09
datePrecision: day
year: 1902
decade: 1900
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: The coronation of Edward VII and his wife, Alexandra, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 9 August 1902. Originally scheduled for 26 June of that year, the ceremony had been postponed at very short notice, because the King had been taken ill with
summaryLong: The coronation of Edward VII and his wife, Alexandra, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 9 August 1902. Originally scheduled for 26 June of that year, the ceremony had been postponed at very short notice, because the King had been taken ill with an abdominal abscess that required immediate surgery. In contrast to the coronation of Queen Victoria, Edward's mother and predecessor, some 64 years earlier, Edward and Alexandra's coronation had been carefully planned as a spectacle reflecting the influence and culture of the British Empire, then at the height of its power, but also as a meaningful religious occasion.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra"
importance: 75
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Edward_VII_and_Alexandra"
  title: Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
metaDescription: The coronation of Edward VII and his wife, Alexandra, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions took place at Westminster Abbey, London,
wikidataQid: Q15732645
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260611095634/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Edward_VII_and_Alexandra"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-11
  label: Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation_of_Edward_VII_and_Alexandra"
