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Coronation of Marie de' Medici

Type Event Region France Time 1610

On 13 May 1610, Marie de' Medici was formally crowned Queen of France at the Basilica of Saint-Denis; Henry IV was assassinated the next day.

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  1. 1610Basilica of Saint-Denis · Île-de-FranceAt the Basilica of Saint-Denis north of Paris, the archbishop performed the anointing and coronation of Marie de' Medici. Henry IV attended the ceremony, with royalty and senior churchmen gathered, the solemn rite displaying the legitimacy of the union of royal and religious authority.

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