List of royal crowns
The following is a list of royal crowns:
Country | Name of crown | Notes | Image |
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Albania | Helmet of Skanderbeg | Kept in the Kunsthistorisches Museum | ![]() |
Belgium | Heraldic Crown of Belgium | Heraldic royal crown with eight half-arches. Five half-arches its two-dimensional representation | ![]() |
Bhutan | Raven Crown | ![]() | |
Bohemia (Czech Republic) | Crown of Saint Wenceslas | Kept in Prague Castle | ![]() |
Bulgaria | Heraldic Crown of Bulgaria | Heraldic royal crown with eight half-arches. Five half-arches its two-dimensional representation. Replica of original medieval crown kept in Bulgaria's National Historical Museum | ![]() |
Cambodia | Lost in 1970 | ![]() | |
Central African Empire | Imperial Crown of the Central African Empire | Created in 1977 for the Coronation of Bokassa I | ![]() |
Croatia | Crown of Zvonimir | ![]() | |
Denmark | Crown of Christian V | Kept in Rosenborg Castle | ![]() |
Denmark | Crown of Christian IV | Kept in Rosenborg Castle | ![]() |
Egypt | Heraldic Crown of Egypt | ![]() | |
Finland | Crown of Finland | ![]() | |
France | Crown of Charlemagne | From 1271, used as a French coronation crown, destroyed in 1793 | ![]() |
France | Destroyed in 1590 | ||
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | of Jeanne d'Évreux | Destroyed in 1793 | |
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Crown of Louis XV | Kept in the Louvre | ![]() |
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Destroyed | ||
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Destroyed in 1793 | ||
France | Kept in the Basilica of St Denis | ||
France | Kept in the Basilica of St Denis | ||
France | |||
Georgia | Crown of Imereti | ||
Georgia | Crown of Heraclius II | ![]() | |
Georgia | Crown of George XII | Missing in late 1930s. Painting kept in the Kremlin Museum | ![]() |
Germany | Crown of Baden | ||
Germany | |||
Germany | Royal Crown of Bavaria | Kept in the Munich Residenz | ![]() |
Germany | |||
Germany | Crown of Württemberg | Kept in the Landesmuseum Württemberg | ![]() |
Germany (Prussia) | Crown of Frederick I | Kept in Charlottenburg Palace | |
Germany (Prussia) | Hohenzollern Crown | Kept in Hohenzollern Castle | ![]() |
Greece | Crown of Greece | ![]() | |
Hungary | Holy Crown of Hungary | Kept in the Hungarian Parliament Building | ![]() |
Iran | Pahlavi Crown | Used between 1925-1979 during the Pahlavi dynasty. Kept in the Treasury of National Jewels. | ![]() |
Iraq | Heraldic crown of Iraq | ![]() | |
Italy | Iron Crown of Lombardy | Kept in the Cathedral of Monza | |
Italy | Heraldic Crown of the Kingdom of Italy | 1870–1946, also known as the Savoy Crown. Physical Crown destroyed in 1797 | ![]() |
India | Imperial Crown of India | Created for George V's 1911 Delhi Durbar. Kept in the Tower of London. | ![]() |
Japan | Lost in 1945. Replica kept in the Naha City Museum of History. | ![]() | |
Jordan | Heraldic Crown of Jordan | ![]() | |
South Korea | Crowns of Silla | Kept in the Gyeongju National Museum | ![]() |
South Korea | Crowns of Baekje | Kept in the Gongju National Museum | ![]() |
South Korea | Crowns of Gaya | Kept in the Ho-am Art Museum and the National Museum of Korea | ![]() |
Laos | Crown of Laos | Kept in the Royal Palace, Luang Prabang | |
Libya | Heraldic crown of Libya | ||
Luxembourg | Heraldic Crown of Luxembourg | Heraldic royal crown with eight half-arches. Five half-arches its two-dimensional representation | |
Madagascar | Crown of Ranavalona I | ||
Madagascar | Crown of Ranavalona III | ||
Monaco | Heraldic Crown of Monaco | Heraldic royal crown with eight half-arches. Five half-arches its two-dimensional representation | |
Montenegro | |||
Morocco | Heraldic Crown of Morocco | ||
Nepal | Shreepech | ![]() | |
Netherlands | Crown of the Netherlands | Kept privately and only displayed at inaugurations in Amsterdam's Nieuwe Kerk | ![]() |
Norway | Crown of Norway | Kept in Nidaros Cathedral | ![]() |
Poland | Crown of Bolesław I the Brave | Replica made in 2001-2003 after original was stolen in 1794 by Prussian soldiers, used to crown Polish Kings. Kept in the Wawel Castle | |
Poland | Homagial Crown | ||
Poland | Hungarian Crown | ||
Poland | Swedish Crown | ||
Poland | Muscovy Crown | ||
Poland | Funeral Crown | ||
Poland | Queens Crown | ||
Poland | |||
Poland | Crown of Augustus II the Strong | Kept in the Dresden Armoury | |
Poland | Crown of Augustus III of Poland | Kept in the National Museum in Warsaw | ![]() |
Poland | Crown of Queen Maria Josepha | Kept in the National Museum in Warsaw | ![]() |
Portugal | Crown of João VI | Kept in the Ajuda National Palace | ![]() |
Portugal | Diadem of the Stars | Kept in the Ajuda National Palace | ![]() |
Romania | Steel Crown of Romania | Kept in the National Museum of Romanian History | ![]() |
Romania | Crown of Queen Elisabeta of Romania | Kept in the National Museum of Romanian History | |
Russia (Moscovy) | Monomakh's Cap | Kept in the Kremlin Armoury, as part of the Diamond Fund | ![]() |
Serbia / Yugoslavia | Karađorđević Crown | Kept in Serbia | ![]() |
Serbia / Yugoslavia | Nemanjić Crown | Kept in the Imperial Treasury, Vienna | |
Spain | Spanish Royal Crown | Kept in the Royal Palace of Madrid | ![]() |
Sweden | Crown of Eric XIV | Kept in Stockholm Palace | ![]() |
Syria | |||
Thailand/Siam | Great Crown of Victory | Kept privately at the Grand Palace (Shown here is a replica at the Naval Museum in Samut Prakan Province) | ![]() |
Tonga | Crown of Tonga | ||
Ukraine | |||
Ukraine | Crown of Rus | Original believed lost. Replica kept at Zolochiv Castle | ![]() |
Ukraine | |||
Ukraine | Monomakh's Cap | Kept in the Kremlin Armoury, as part of the Diamond Fund | ![]() |
United Kingdom | St Edward's Crown | Kept in the Tower of London | ![]() |
United Kingdom | Imperial State Crown | Kept in the Tower of London | ![]() |
United Kingdom | Queen Victoria's Diamond Crown | Kept in the Tower of London | ![]() |
United Kingdom | State Crown of George I | Kept in the Tower of London | ![]() |
United Kingdom | Coronation Crown of George IV | Kept in the Tower of London | |
United Kingdom (Scotland) | Crown of Scotland | Seen here in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II at the Scottish Parliament. (Crown kept at Edinburgh Castle as part of the Honours of Scotland). | ![]() |
United States (Hawaii) | Crown of Hawaii | Kept in the Iolani Palace | ![]() |
Others[]
- Heraldic Crown of the Order of Malta (Heraldic royal crown with eight half-arches. Five half-arches its two-dimensional representation)
- Oba's crown (Ritually potent crown composed of steel wires, beadwork and other masonry. Of all of the members of the Yoruba chieftaincy system of West Africa, only kings are allowed to wear it).
See also[]
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