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The Imperial Crown, Orb, and Sceptre of Austria. The Austrian Crown Jewels (German: Insignien des Kaisertums Österreich) are the regalia and vestments worn by the Holy Roman Emperor, and later by the Emperor of Austria, during the coronation ceremony and other state functions. [1]
A choral hymn was then sung, and then the newly crowned king and queen listened to a second sermon and the reading of the Gospel, which brought the service to an end. [25] In 1660 the coronation ritual was replaced with a ceremony of anointing: the new king would arrive at the coronation site already wearing the crown, and he was then anointed ...
The Prince paid condolences on behalf of the Queen to King Salman following the death of the late King, Abdullah. [1] [72] 7–9 February 2015 Jordan: Amman, Al Mafraq: As part of his Middle East tour, the Prince visited Jordan and met with King Abdullah II, Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad and Prince El Hassan bin Talal.
Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein [a] (born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999.He is a member of the Hashemites, who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is considered a 41st-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
King Hussein's brother, Prince Muhammad, was the heir presumptive to the throne until the birth of Hussein's eldest son, Abdullah. Abdullah was his father's heir apparent from his birth in 1962 until 1965, when Hussein decided to appoint his 18-year-old brother Hassan as heir apparent because of the unstable situation at the time.
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The coronation of Charles VII of France (1429), detail of the painting Jeanne d'Arc (1886–1890) by Jules Eugène Lenepveu. A coronation is the act of placement or bestowal of a crown upon a monarch's head. The term also generally refers to the ceremony which marks the formal investiture of a monarch with regal power.
Malaysia's billionaire king, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, will officially be installed on Saturday, six months after he was sworn in for a five-year term under a unique rotating monarchy system. The ...