The procession to the coronation of William and Mary at Westminster Abbey, 11 April 1689, in a print held by the Rijksmuseum.Image: Rijksmuseum · CC0William and Mary are crowned together
After the Glorious Revolution drove out James II, his daughter Mary and her Dutch husband William of Orange were crowned in Westminster Abbey as joint sovereigns, the only time England has done so. A second coronation chair was made for Mary, and the coronation oath was changed. The date is by the Julian calendar.
Source: Westminster Abbey: William III ↗
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