Crowns and Royal Regalia

[reynard]

Who can post pictures of the crowns and regalia of the world's monarchies past and present? Let's get them all!

 

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Empress of Russia

 

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Empress Eugenie

 

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Pope Pius IX tiara

 

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Rudolph of Austia

 

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Russia

 

[Poppy]

Do you know that, reigning Emperor and Empresses wear "closed crowns", whereas, reigning Kings and Queens where "open crowns". This is because, Emperor and Empresses are higher in status than Kings and Queens. Their children are Imperial Highnesses and Royal Highnesses respectively.

 

[RealGabo]

FRANCE: Crown of St. Louis, 1239 (built to house the relic crown of thorns brought by Louis from the emperor of Constantinople)

FRANCE: Crown of King Louis XV, 1722 (by Augustin Duflos).

FRANCE: Crown "of Charlemagne", 1804 (by Martin-Guillaume Biennais).
Detail
Detail of the Cameos

FRANCE: Crown (of the top of the head) of Empress Eugénie, consort of Emperor Napoléon III, 1855 (by Gabriel Lemonnier).
Detail of the Central Part
Detail of the Top Part

FRANCE: Crown of the Dauphin Louis Antoine, 1824.

FRANCE: Regalia of Empress Marie-Louise, consort of Emperor Napoléon I.

 

[RealGabo]

NETHERLANDS: Crown of King Willem II, 1840.

HUNGARY: Crown of Szent István or Holy Crown, s. XI.
1º Detail
2º Detail
3º Detail
4º Detail
5º Detail
6º Detail

CZECH REPUBLIC: Crown of sv. Václava, s. XIV

SPAIN: Crown of his/her Catholic Majestic, 1775

PERSIA: Kiani's Crown of the Qajar dynasty.

PERSIA: Reza Sha's Crown of the the Pahlavi dynasty, 1926 (by Haj Serajeddin et al).

PERSIA: Empress's Crown, 1967 (by Van Cleef & Arpel)

 

[RealGabo]

RUSSIA: Great Imperial Crown or Imperial Crown of Russia, 1762 (by Jeremia Posier)

RUSSIA: Imperial Crown of the Tsarinas, 1801 (by Duval)

RUSSIA: Maltese Crown of Paul I

RUSSIA: Nuptial or Wedding Crown of the Romanov, 1840 (by Nicholas Planke)
Another Pic

RUSSIA: Shapka Monomakhova or Monomakh's Crown
Top of the Crown

RUSSIA: Cap of Monomach of the Second Order: Crown of Peter The Great, s. XVII

RUSSIA: Crown of the Tartar State of Kazan, s. XVI (belonged to Ediger Mahmet)

 

[RealGabo]

VATICAN STATE: Tiara of Pope Gregory XVI, 1834

VATICAN STATE: Tiara given to Blessed Pope Pius IX in 1854 by HCM Queen Isabel II of Spain

VATICAN STATE: Tiara given to Blessed Pope Pius IX in 1871 from the people of Belgium

VATICAN STATE: Tiara given to Blessed Pope Pius IX in 1877 by the Vatican's Palatine Guard

VATICAN STATE: Tiara of Blessed Pope Pius IX

VATICAN STATE: Tiara given to Pius VII by Napoleon (using jewels he had earlier plundered from the Papacy)

VATICAN STATE: Unknown Tiara (perhaps it's belonged to Pius IX)

VATICAN STATE: Tiara belonged to the famous "Warrior Pope" Julius II

 

[RealGabo]

ETHIOPIA: Royal Crowns
Detail: Crown, S. IV

ITALY: Iron Crown of Lombardy, s. IX

ITALY: Crown of Queen Teodolinda, s. VII

ITALY: Regalia of Emperor Napoléon I, circa 1800

LIECHTENSTEIN: Regalia of the Prince of Liechtenstein, s. XVII
Detail of the Princely Crown

POLAND: Crown of Boleslaus the Brave or "corona originalis sive privilegiata" (created for Ladislaus I the Short, 1320). [Was Destroyed]

POLAND: Regalia of August III Wettin, 1733

POLAND: Regalia of Maria Jozefa Wettin, 1733

 

[RealGabo]

PORTUGAL: Royal Regalia, 1817

SERBIA & YUGOSLAVIA: Crown of King Petra I, 1904 (by Falize Freres, Paris).

RUMANIA: Crown of Queen Maria, consort of King Ferdinand I, c. 1922.

GREECE: Crown of King Otto I, 1832.

 

[RealGabo]

ARAUCANIA: Royal Crown, 1986

Some Crowns (Not Royal)
Mikimoto Pearl Crown, 1978 (design similar to the State crown of Queen Mary)
Mikimoto Pearl Crown, 1979 (designed in the likeness of medieval crowns)


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[reynard]

Here's one of the papal tiaras (triregno)Papal tiara

 

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Pius Tiara

Here's another

 

[norwegianne]

The Norwegian Regalia

 

[Lord Williams]

http://www.mikimoto-pearl-museum.co.jp/en/...8_crown2_11.jpg

This reminds me of an Austrian Archduke's crown

 

[reynard]

Thank You

Thanks everyone for all the great photos!! Especial thanks to Real Gabo for the crowns I thought I'd never see, like Hannover and Wurtemberg

 

[reynard]

Did we get them all?

 

[Australian]

Danish Crown

 

[semisquare]

i think one might be missing

does prince rainer III have a crown? if so, does anyone have a pic of it

 

[Australian]

i think he should but maybe because he is only princely he might not, but ill search anyway

 

[Australian]

Knight Grand Cross of MONACO
I know this isnt a crown but it has a picture of a crown on it so that could be what the crown looks like??????

 

[justine]

does prince rainer III have a crown? if so, does anyone have a pic of it

I read in Taborelli's book (not sure how accurate this is) that the Grimaldi/Monaco regalia was stolen many, many years ago. It was decided to not replace it.
Maybe one day....
Monaco needs someone like Q.Marie of Roumania, with a flair for the dramatic!

 

[Warren]

More Regalia (no pics)

Then there's the Crown of St Stephen, and the crown that Empress Zita wore at the coronation of Emperor Karl (and herself) as King and Queen of Hungary in 1916.

And there is the Swedish Regalia, various crowns, including the crowns of the Royal Princes.

The Bavarian King's Crown

The crown of the King of Tonga

The crowns of the Kings of Thailand

The silver-gilt "symbolic" crown of the Kings of Spain

The jewelled helmet of the Kings of Nepal (and possibly Bhutan)

The Imperial Crown of Brazil

The crowns of the Sultans of Malaysia

and of course Iran.

Can anyone think of any more?

 

[reynard]

Here's some of the crowns mentioned:

Then there's the Crown of St Stephen, and the crown that Empress Zita wore at the coronation of Emperor Karl (and herself) as King and Queen of Hungary in 1916.
And there is the Swedish Regalia, various crowns, including the crowns of the Royal Princes.
The Bavarian King's Crown
The silver-gilt "symbolic" crown of the Kings of Spain
and of course Iran.

 

[Darky]

Pics 1 : Queen Marie Antoinette of France diamond coronation crown ... it's a copy

Pics 2 : Crown of Empress Marie Louise

 

[The Watcher]

Regalia of The Netherlands
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From: www.koninklijkhuis.nl
The crown symbolises the sovereignty of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the dignity of its head of state. As the accession ceremony is not a coronation but an investiture, the crown is never placed on the monarch's head. The orb represents the territory over which the monarch rules, namely the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The sceptre and the sword of state stand for the sovereign's authority and power respectively. The regalia were made in 1840 by craftsmen commissioned by William II.

 

[Warren]

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Liechtenstein Crown: