A coronation crown is a crown used by a monarch when being crowned. In some monarchies, monarchs did not wear the one crown but had a number of crowns for different occasions; a coronation crown for the moment of coronation, and a state or imperial crown for general usage in state ceremonial. This is especially so for the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Realms, as the coronation in Westminster Abbey is the coronation of the monarch of all the Commonwealth Realms (there are no separate coronations).
Famous coronation crowns
- 1877 Papal Tiara - used to crown Popes Pius XII and John XXIII;
- St. Edward's Crown - traditional English and British coronation crown. The current St. Edward's Crown has been used for nearly all coronations since the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. The most recent exception to this was the coronation of King Edward VII, who was crowned with the Imperial State Crown (St Edward's Crown being judged too heavy for the King to wear soon after his illness);
- Crown of Charlemagne - the coronation crown of Kings of France up to and including King Louis XIV. It was destroyed during the French Revolution.
- Crown of St. Stephen - no Hungarian king was ever regarded as being truly legitimate without first being crowned with it. The original was a gift from Pope Sylvester II and was used to crown St. Stephen I, the first Christian king of Hungary, in 1000 or 1001. It was later stolen and replaced with the current version, which is featured on Hungary's coat of arms.
- Crown of Saint Wenceslas coronation crown of Kingdom of Bohemia since 1347.
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