Heraldic crowns
This gallery shows the main heraldic crowns of the world.
Commonwealth usage
[edit]Continental usages
[edit]Helmets are often substitutes for coronets, and some coronets are worn only on a helmet.
Andorra
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Bulgaria
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France
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Napoleonic Empire
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July Monarchy
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King of the French
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Georgia
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Georgian Royal Crown, also known as the "Iberian Crown"
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[edit]King of the Romans |
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Liechtenstein
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Austria
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Germany
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Greece
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Hungary and Croatia
[edit]Hungary
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Holy Crown of Hungary (crown of Saint Stephen)
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Croatia
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Crown of Zvonimir (crown of King Demetrius Zvonimir)
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Italy
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Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)
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Kingdoms of Naples, Sicily, Two Sicilies
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Grand Duchy of Tuscany
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Low Countries
[edit]Netherlands
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Belgium
[edit]− The older crowns are often still seen in the heraldry of older families.
Luxembourg
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Monaco
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Poland and Lithuania
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Portuguese-speaking countries
[edit]Portugal
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Brazil
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Empire of Brazil
Romania
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Former Kingdom of Romania
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Nordic countries
[edit]Denmark
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Finland
[edit]During the Swedish reign, Swedish coronets were used. Crowns were used in the coats of arms of the historical provinces of Finland. For Finland Proper, Satakunta, Tavastia and Karelia, it was a ducal coronet, for others, a comital coronet. In 1917 with independence, the coat of arms of Finland was introduced with a Grand Ducal coronet, but it was soon removed, in 1920. Today, some cities use coronets, e.g. Pori has a mural crown and Vaasa a Crown of Nobility.
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Norway
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Sweden
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Serbia
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Non-European usages
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[edit]Khedive (-1914) and Sultan (1914-22)
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Siam and Thailand
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Phra Kiao (princely coronet, also the emblem of King Chulalongkorn) |
Polynesia
[edit]Other examples
[edit]Roman Catholic Church
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Eastern Catholic prelate, combining elements of both Eastern and Western ecclesiastical heraldry
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Apostolic protonotary (Monsignor)
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Honorary Prelate (Monsignor)
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Chaplain of His Holiness (Monsignor)
Multinational
[edit]As a charge
[edit]In heraldry, a charge is an image occupying the field of a coat of arms. Many coats of arms incorporate crowns as charges. One notable example of this lies in the Three Crowns of the arms of Sweden.
Additionally, many animal charges (frequently lions) and sometimes human heads also appear crowned. Animal charges gorged (collared) of an open coronet also occur, though far less frequently.
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A crowned lion head in the arms of Kreis Biedenkopf, a county in Hesse, Germany (1832-1974)
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The Three Crowns, as well as lions and leopards crowned, in the arms of Eric of Pomerania
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Badge of the Unicorn Pursuivant, a unicorn gorged of a coronet
Notes and references
[edit]- ↑ Boutell, Charles (1914) Fox-Davies, A.C. , ed. Handbook to English Heraldry, The (11th ed.), London: Reeves & Turner, pp. 104–156
- ↑ a b This standard has many exceptions.
- ↑ The dukes of Genoa were granted the privilege to use a crown of royal prince though they were only princes of the blood