Coronation of Edward IV

Date: June 28, 1461 • Location: City of Westminster, United Kingdom

Edward IV was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until he died in 1483. A member of the House of York, he was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England fought between the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions between 1455 and 1487.