Reims Cathedral

Roman Catholic cathedral of Reims in France

11 dated entries naming Reims Cathedral, drawn from 11 separate years between 893 CE and 1825 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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9th century

  • 893The 13-year-old Charles III (the Simple), the posthumous son of Louis the Stammerer, is crowned king of the West Frankish Kingdom at the Reims Cathedral—though he is not recognized as such by King Odo (or Eudes) until 898.source

11th century

  • 1027May 14 – King Robert II of France ("the Pious") sues for peace with his sons. Henry I is crowned co-king of France at Reims Cathedral, but has little power to rule (until 1031).source

12th century

  • 1129April 14 – Following the Capetian tradition, King Louis VI (the Fat) has his eldest son Philip crowned as co-ruler of France at Rheims Cathedral. Louis himself becomes the national protector of all France.source

13th century

  • 1211Archbishop Aubrey (or 'Alberic of Humbert') lays the first stone of the chevet of Reims Cathedral.source
  • 1223August 6 – The coronation of King Louis VIII of France takes place at the Reims Cathedral.source
  • 1226November 29 – The coronation of Louis IX as King of France takes place at the Reims Cathedral at the direction of Queen Blanche, who also orders the defeated French nobles from the Albigensian Crusade to swear allegiance to her son.source

15th century

  • 1481July 24 – Fire destroys the roof and the spires of Reims Cathedral.source
  • 1498May 27 – The formal coronation of King Louis XII in France takes place at the Reims Cathedral.source

16th century

  • 1547July 25 – The coronation of Henri II as King of France at the Reims Cathedral.source
  • 1575February 13 – The formal coronation of Henry III as King of France takes place at the Reims Cathedral. Henry inherited the throne on May 30, 1574, upon the death of his older brother, Charles IX. He marries Louise of Lorraine.source

19th century

  • 1825May 29 – The Coronation of Charles X takes place at the historic site of Reims Cathedral, the last coronation of a French monarch.source

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