This Day in History: This day saw the coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor, in Rome in 800 AD.
King Edmund of East Anglia was crowned king on this day in 855.
Mieszko II Lambert was coronated as king of Poland on this day in 1025.
Henry III was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement II on this day in 1046.
William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy was crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London on this day in 1066.
The Coronation of Bolesław II the Generous as king of Poland happened on this day in 1076.
Baldwin of Boulogne was crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on this day in 1100.
"It is extremely likely that these kings, or the people who wrote their legends, consciously chose to the crowned on Christmas Day. Those who celebrated their coronations on 25 December would also be celebrating the birth of Christ, the saviour and King of Kings. This would have added a sense of Divine favour to their rule, and secured their claim to that particular title. The sacred significance of this would not have been lost on the audience of these ceremonies, those who recorded them, and those who read about them throughout history." Source
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