Royal coronation is one of the most important medieval rituals. At medieval time when ceremonies and oaths meant more than written agreements, the coronations were not only the public presentation of the new ruler, but the ritual in which the king took on himself a secular and divine power. The ceremony took place inside the church and it was including the anointing. During the crowning ceremony the emperor was given insignia sword, orb and sceptre - symbols of authority, honor, and ministry. For some countries like France, the act of coronation is just one of the segments of the royal inauguration, including entrèe (triumphal entry into Paris) and lit de justice (the first king's sitting in Parliament) and the funeral of the former ruler in the Saint-Denis church. Some of the main coronation elements are certainly the participants, place, time and procedure of the rituals. The most important sources for the coronation study are liturgical texts bearing the name ordo, these are precise but still general instructions that encompass all participants in the ceremony. They prescribe the words, songs, participants' gestures, but also the layout itself. This paper covers the particularities and similarities of crowning ceremonies of Carolings, Capetians, and the Anglican and Hungarian monarchs.