Why, if Elizabeth Tudor became Queen on 17 November 1558, was she not crowned until 15 January 1559?
Queen Mary Tudor died on 17 November 1558. She had no children despite having been married for four years, so her heir was Elizabeth. Elizabeth was thus proclaimed Queen. However, a monarch always has to be crowned sovereign, the coronation being the formal investing of power in the monarch. The sovereign takes an oath to serve the people and to rule justly and wisely. Coronations take time to organize, so it was a few weeks into her reign before Elizabeth was actually formally crowned Queen of England.
