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May 4, 2023 · The Standard of St. George.jpg 1,426 × 2,000; 449 KB. The Third and Last Challenge by the Champion during King George IV's Coronation Banquet in Westminster Hall.jpg 1,722 × 1,332; 1.55 MB. View of Palace Yard on the Day of the Coronation of His Majesty George IV (BM 1871,0812.5313).jpg 1,000 × 560; 180 KB.
This sumptuous volume was produced in the context of an equally splendid public event, George IV's coronation on 19 July 1821. Since his estranged wife, Caroline of Brunswick, was held in considerable public sympathy after George IV's attempts to divorce her, a lavish spectacle was needed to rekindle the public's loyalty towards him.
May 1, 2023 · King George IV was the last Sovereign to include the Royal Herbstrewer in his Coronation procession, as King William IV did not include the role in his austere Coronation of 1831. The Royal Herbstrewer and six attendants led the procession into Westminster Abbey strewing the carpet with sweet smelling flowers and herbs, a medieval antidote to ...
A lecher and opium addict, he managed to alienate most of his family. His father, George III, suffering from porphyria, was outraged by the profligate lifestyle that he adopted in Carlton House. His highly dysfunctional relationship with his wife, Caroline of Brunswick, culminated in her exclusion from his eventual coronation in 1820.
The coronation of George V and his wife, Mary, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on Thursday 22 June 1911. This was the second of four such events held during the 20th century and the last to be attended by royal representatives of the great continental European empires.
A coronation mantle of cloth of gold woven in coloured threads with a pattern of emblems in a curvilinear pattern of foliage, crowns, fleur-de-lis and eagles with coloured roses, thistles and shamrock woven over, and with gold fringing and lined in red tabby silk. The gold clasp, which closes the mantle at the chest, is cast in the form of an eagle. The Imperial Mantle, also known as the ...
This is an invitation for Magdalene Erskine to the coronation of George IV on 19 July 1821. Her name is written in ink on the bottom left and the invitation is signed by the Duke of Norfolk (who was responsible for royal coronations and funerals) and the Duke of Atholl. The invitation is elaborately printed.
