William the Conqueror's coronation was marred by a bizarre incident. The guards outside the cathedral mistook the cheers for a riot--so they immediately set fire to the surrounding buildings.

Missing from the tapestry is another panel or two, which may have depicted William the Conqueror's coronation as King of England. Regardless of whether the events in the tapestry are strictly ...

which is where every single coronation has been held since 1066 (aka when William the Conqueror was crowned). In an opinion piece for the New York Times, former Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Tina ...

William of Normandy, known as 'the Conqueror', was born at Falaise in 1027 ... who was descended from Alfred the Great. Her separate coronation took place in 1068. She was buried at the Abbey she had ...

The first documented coronation at Westminster was that of William the Conqueror on 25th December 1066. Before this year there had been no fixed location for the ceremony. Edward the Confessor does ...