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On This Day In Royal History . 15th January 1559 . 👑 Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England . . 1/2.) On 15th January 1559, a date chosen by her astrologer Dr John Dee, a triumphant Elizabeth Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn, processed from Westminster Hall into Westminster Abbey to be crowned queen. . ◼ She was just twenty five years old, was the third child of Henry VIII to become monarch, & was the longest reigning of them, ruling England for over 44 years. . ◼ Elizabeth’s coronation day began in Westminster Hall, which had been decorated with her father’s sumptuous tapestries & his collection of gold & gilt plate. . ◼ Blue cloth had been laid from the Hall to the Abbey, & Elizabeth, wearing her crimson parliament robes, processed along this cloth, which was then torn to shreds by people as souvenirs. . ◼ Elizabeth processed to the crossing in the Abbey & withdrew to a curtained enclosure to change. She was then led by Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle, up onto the stage, where he proclaimed her queen in each of the four corners, asking the congregation if they would have her for their queen & listening for their enthusiastic replies of “Yea! Yea!”. . ◼ Elizabeth then made the traditional offerings at the altar & sat in the throne of estate to listen to the sermon. . ◼ After the sermon, Elizabeth knelt for the Lord’s Prayer, took the oath, then withdrew to the traverse to change for the anointing part of the service. Wearing a kirtle of gold & silver & leaning on cloth of gold cushions, which had been placed before the altar, Elizabeth was anointed on the shoulder blades, breast, arms, hands & head. She was then dressed in white gloves, a white coif & the white dalmatic (tunic) of a deacon. . Continued in next post.. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #TheYear1559 #Thisdayinhistory #ElizabethI #QueenElizabethI #HouseofTudor #TheTudors #Tudor #TudorDynasty #History #RoyaltyinArt #VirginQueen #QueenofEngland #EnglishMonarchy #Elizabeth #BritishMonarchy #D15Jan #ElizabethIofengland #otd #OnThisDay #Elizabethan #TheQueen #RoyalFamily #royalhistory #Englishhistory #Queen #monarch #Monarchy #portraitpainting #tudorhistory (at Westminster Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKE3t7cBW9c/?igshid=db0cr3sx0xln

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On This Day In History . 15 January 1478 . Richard of Shrewsbury married Anne De Mowbray . ◼ On 15 January 1478, in St Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster, when he was about 4 years old, Richard married the 5-year-old Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk, who had inherited the vast Mowbray estates in 1476. . 👑 Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (born 17 August 1473 - died c.1483), was the sixth child & second son of King Edward IV of England & Elizabeth Woodville, born in Shrewsbury. Richard & his older brother, who briefly reigned as King Edward V of England, mysteriously disappeared shortly after Richard III usurped the throne of England in 1483. . 👑 Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk, later Duchess of York & Duchess of Norfolk (10 December 1472 – c. 19 November 1481) was the child bride of Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower. She died at the age of eight. . . . #onthisthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #d15jan #theyear1478 #RichardofShrewsbury #DukeofYork #AnneDeMowbray #houseofYork #HouseofPlantagenet #history #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #royalhistory #instahistory #Englishhistory #Westminster #Elizabethwoodville #EdwardIV #Plantagenets #onthisday #Countessofnorfolk #duchessofyork (at Westminster, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7W53okA2m9/?igshid=1qr4724uzy3sv

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On This Day In History . 15th January 1559 . 👑 Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England

◼ After the new Queen had sworn the oath & been anointed, she could sit in St Edward’s Chair & receive the sword, armils, mantle, ring & sceptre, & be crowned. She was crowned with three different crowns, one after the other, with fanfares marking each crowning. . ◼ Elizabeth was then dressed in gold right down to her shoes, & with the sceptre in one hand & orb in the other, she processed onto the stage where she sat in the throne. There, her people greeted her & Oglethorpe, & the Lords Spiritual & Temporal paid homage to their new queen by kneeling at her feet & kissing her cheek. . ◼ The coronation pardon was read, & this was followed by the coronation mass, which included the Epistle & the Gospel being read out in both Latin & English. Elizabeth then kissed the Bible. Oglethorpe, defied his new queen by elevating the host, at which point Elizabeth withdrew to change into her purple robes. . ◼ The Queen then processed from the Abbey, through Old Palace Yard & back to Westminster Hall to enjoy her coronation banquet. Elizabeth was now the official queen, & her coronation & accession had been a huge success. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #TheYear1559 #Thisdayinhistory #ElizabethI #QueenElizabethI #HouseofTudor #TheTudors #Tudor #TudorDynasty #History #RoyaltyinArt #TheVirginQueen #QueenofEngland #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D15Jan #ElizabethIofengland #onthisday #instahistory #royalhistory #westminsterabbey #Thequeen #RoyalFamily #Historyfacts #Tudors #tudorhistory (at Westminster, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7W-W7hAUJV/?igshid=6sdbkswejzz8

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On This Day In History . 15th January 1559 . 👑 Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England . . Part 1. . ◼ On 15th January 1559, a date chosen by her astrologer Dr John Dee, a triumphant Elizabeth Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn, processed from Westminster Hall into Westminster Abbey to be crowned queen. . ◼ She was just twenty five years old, was the third child of Henry VIII to become monarch, & was the longest reigning of them, ruling England for over 44 years. . ◼ Elizabeth’s coronation day began in Westminster Hall, which had been decorated with her father’s sumptuous tapestries & his collection of gold & gilt plate. . ◼ Blue cloth had been laid from the Hall to the Abbey, & Elizabeth, wearing her crimson parliament robes, processed along this cloth, which was then torn to shreds by people as souvenirs. . ◼ Elizabeth processed to the crossing in the Abbey & withdrew to a curtained enclosure to change. She was then led by Owen Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle, up onto the stage, where he proclaimed her queen in each of the four corners, asking the congregation if they would have her for their queen & listening for their enthusiastic replies of “Yea! Yea!”. . ◼ Elizabeth then made the traditional offerings at the altar & sat in the throne of estate to listen to the sermon. . ◼ After the sermon, Elizabeth knelt for the Lord’s Prayer, took the oath, then withdrew to the traverse to change for the anointing part of the service. Wearing a kirtle of gold & silver & leaning on cloth of gold cushions, which had been placed before the altar, Elizabeth was anointed on the shoulder blades, breast, arms, hands & head. She was then dressed in white gloves, a white coif & the white dalmatic (tunic) of a deacon. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #TheYear1559 #Thisdayinhistory #ElizabethI #QueenElizabethI #HouseofTudor #TheTudors #Tudor #TudorDynasty #History #RoyaltyinArt #TheVirginQueen #QueenofEngland #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D15Jan #ElizabethIofengland #onthisday #instahistory #royalhistory #westminsterabbey #Thequeen #RoyalFamily #Historyfacts #Tudors #tudorhistory (at Westminster, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7W93WUgpY8/?igshid=3vk6bzovla0a