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By the 19th century, that crown was judged to be too theatrical and in a poor state of repair, so in 1831 the Crown of Queen Adelaide was made for Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen using gemstones from her private jewellery. [109] Queen Mary's Crown with eight half-arches and the Koh-i-Noor diamond set in the front cross
Queen Anne became monarch of the Kingdom of Great Britain after the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707. She had ruled England, Scotland, and the Kingdom of Ireland since 8 March 1702. She continued as queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death. Her total reign lasted 12 years and 147 days.
Polish replica of the Holy Lance, Wawel Cathedral Treasury Crown of Bolesław I the Brave. In AD 1000, during his pilgrimage to the tomb of Saint Adalbert in Gniezno, the capital of Poland until about 1040, Emperor Otto III officially recognized Duke Bolesław I the Brave as King of Poland (see Congress of Gniezno), crowning him and presenting him with a replica of the Holy Lance, also known ...
It was used in 1533 to crown the second wife of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, which was unprecedented for a queen consort. [11] In the Tudor period, three crowns were placed on the heads of monarchs at a coronation: St Edward's Crown, the state crown, and a "rich crown" made specially for the new king or queen. [12]
Jewels left to the Crown by Queen Victoria; Jewels left by Her Majesty to His Majesty the King (Edward VII) Jewels left to King Edward VII by Queen Victoria, hereinafter to be considered as belonging to the Crown and to be worn by all future queens in right of it; Jewels the property of King George V; Jewels given to the Crown by Queen Mary
Heraldic Crown of Egypt: Finland Crown of Finland: France Crown of Charlemagne: From 1271, used as a French coronation crown, destroyed in 1793 France Crown of tradition of the Queens: Destroyed in 1590 France Crown of Saint Louis: Destroyed in 1793 France Crown of the Queens of Jeanne d'Évreux Destroyed in 1793 France Funeral crown of Queen ...
The Crown of Scotland (Scots: Croun o Scotland, Scottish Gaelic: Crùn na h-Alba) is the centrepiece of the Honours of Scotland.It is the crown that was used at the coronation of the monarchs of Scotland, and it is the oldest surviving crown in the British Isles and among the oldest in Europe.
King of Denmark 1534–1588: Henry IV King of France 1553–1610: King James VI and I [a] 1566–1625 r. 1567–1625 (Scotland) r. 1603–1625 (England) Anne of Denmark 1574–1619 Queen of England and Ireland: John IV 1604–1656 King of Portugal: Henry Frederick 1594–1612 Prince of Wales: Elizabeth Stuart 1596–1662 Queen of Bohemia ...