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Coronation of the French monarch
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Coronation of the French monarch
The accession of the
King
of
France
was legitimized by
coronation
ceremony
performed with the
Crown of Charlemagne
at
Notre-Dame de Reims
. However, the person did not need to be crowned in order to be recognized as French monarch; the new king ascended the throne when the coffin of the previous monarch descended into the vault at
Saint Denis Basilica
, and the
Duke of Uzes
proclaimed "
Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi
"!
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