Royal Cyphers and Monograms

[lumutqueen]

My favourite monograms have to be those belonging to the Danish royal family. The fact that they are designed by Queen M makes them more special.

[Her_Majesty]

Originally Posted by lumutqueen

My favourite monograms have to be those belonging to the Danish royal family. The fact that they are designed by Queen M makes them more special.

M II already designed the new Norwegian monograms, e.g. Ingrid Alexandra's.

[lillepingo]

Do the Spanish royal family have monograms?

[Jacknch]

Originally Posted by RoyalistRiley

Do British Royals apart from HM the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have monograms? I know that most members have their own arms based on the Royal arms and the Prince of Wales gets to use the 3 feathers sign.

The Scandinavian houses seem to have the most monograms and use them more widley.

I do not think that monograms in the British Royal Family are as carefully thought out or properly designed in the same way as the Scandinavian Royal Families. The lettering used for the monograms of Diana, Princess of Wales, Princes William and Prince Harry appear to be standard typeface/lettering available from most stationery designers. Basically, if you see a mongram with a "script" type letter and a crown on top you can bet it belongs to British Royalty!! The Duchess of Cornwall has I think a kind of floral/scroll design encircling her initial C, and I've seen this style before. Perhaps we British place more importance on Coats of Arms?

BTW, I think the most dramatic monogram belongs to Prince Joachim of Denmark - the stylized "J" with the crown placed in that position is quite unusual!

[politikgirl]

There are tons on the pages before this page of this thread.

[RhapsodyBrat]

i found these:

from Det Kongelige Bibliotek--National Library and Copenhagen University Library (apparently they are from missing books):

King Frederik VII


King Christian VI


Christoffer Heerfort's book Herbarium Danicum sempervivum published in 1656. the book is dedicated to King Frederik III and Queen Sophie Amalie whose monograms are embossed on the cover:



monogram of King Christian VII of Norway, from iStockphoto:


just a question: these kings ruled the united kingdoms of Norway and Denmark, right?

you can see more of these monograms on the Library's link for missing books with the royal monograms as identifying marks: http://www.kb.dk/kb/missingbooks/marks/monograms.htm

[norwegianne]

Originally Posted by RhapsodyBrat

just a question: these kings ruled the united kingdoms of Norway and Denmark, right?

The last king of both Denmark and Norway was Frederik VI. Christian VIII was also king in both countries, but not at the same time. He was elected king in Norway in 1814 - but as the European powers failed to accept it, he went back to Denmark where he succeeded his cousin Frederik VI.

[lord_rankin]

As a graphic and heraldic designer I have always been interested in royal cyphers and as of late been asked by many wealthy patrons to design personal cyphers. I have to say if you are intersted in really beautiful ones look for the cyphers of Imperial Russia, all Grand Duke and Grand Duchessses had them (and there were a lot!) plus the use of the Cyrillic alphabet make them real design challenges. I will look through my records and post some when I find the examples.

[RhapsodyBrat]

Originally Posted by norwegianne

The last king of both Denmark and Norway was Frederik VI. Christian VIII was also king in both countries, but not at the same time. He was elected king in Norway in 1814 - but as the European powers failed to accept it, he went back to Denmark where he succeeded his cousin Frederik VI.

thanks for the info, norwegianne! i've seen a timeline of the reigns of the kings of Norway but couldn't follow it properly.

[Lord Sosnowitz]

I don't see Prince Constantijn'ss monogram. :(

[Lord Sosnowitz]

Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Notway's cypher.

[magnik]

Here are few from Denmark
http://www.kb.dk/kb/missingbooks/marks/monograms.htm

article Queen's Royal Monogram: Reasons for State Emblems Protection
http://www.ipfrontline.com/depts/art...=2159&deptid=3