From 936 to 1531, Aachen was the coronation site for the German kings. The city owed numerous confirmations of privileges to this fact.
Otto I.
is solemnly anointed and crowned in St. Mary's Church after being raised to the throne by the princes; at the same time his wife is consecrated
Otto II.
6-year-old son of Otto I, is anointed and crowned king by the archbishops of Cologne, Mainz and Trier in Aachen
Otto III.
3-year-old son of the emperor, elected king in Verona in early summer, is crowned in Aachen by the archbishops of Mainz and Ravenna
Henry III.
10-year-old son of Emperor Conrad II is elected and crowned king during an imperial diet in Aachen
Henry IV.
at the age of 4 in the presence of his father Emperor Henry III (accession in Nov. 1056 also in Aachen)
Conrad
elder son of Emperor Henry IV.
Henry V.
younger son of Emperor Henry IV (elected in Mainz in May 1098 after the deposition of his brother Conrad)
Lothar of Supplinburg
(from 1133 Emperor Lothar III)
Conrad III.
is crowned by the papal legate Dietwin, Cardinal Bishop of S. Rufina in Aachen
Heinrich
10-year-old son of King Konrad III.
Frederick I (Barbarossa)
Henry VI.
4-year-old son of Emperor Frederick I.
Otto IV.
Son of Henry the Lion
Philip of Swabia
is elected in Aachen by the princes of the Lower Rhine, who have abandoned Otto IV, and crowned together with his wife
Frederick II.
second royal coronation, having already been crowned in Mainz in 1212
Henry (VII)
11-year-old son of Emperor Frederick II.
William of Holland
after a six-month siege of Aachen
Richard of Cornwall
with his wife
Rudolf of Habsburg
with his wife
Adolf of Nassau
with his wife
Albrecht I of Austria
Henry of Luxembourg (as King Henry VII)
with his wife
Louis the Bavarian
with his wife; on the same day, Frederick III is crowned as antikings in Bonn
Charles IV.
renewed royal coronation after he had already been crowned in Bonn in 1346
Wenceslas
Son of Emperor Charles IV.
Sigismund
with his wife
Maximilian I.
Son of Emperor Frederick III.
Frederick III.
Charles V.
Most glamorous coronation ceremony
Ferdinand I.
in the presence of Charles V.
In-depth literature:
- Erkens, Franz-Reiner:
The Archbishop of Cologne and the German royal election. Siegburg 1987 (= Studien zur Kölner Kirchengeschichte; 21)
- Coronations. Kings in Aachen - History and Myth.
Exhibition catalog in 2 volumes, edited by Mario Kramp. Mainz 2000.