The Imperial State Crown is one of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom and symbolises the sovereignty of the British monarch. It has existed in various...
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An imperial crown is a crown worn by an emperor. In the European cultural area, it also symbolizes the power of the empire in heraldic depictions. The...
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The Imperial crown of Russia (Russian: Императорская Корона России), also known as the great imperial crown (Russian: Великая Императорская Корона), was...
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The Imperial Crown of India was used by King George V in his capacity as Emperor of India at the Delhi Durbar of 1911. Tradition prohibits the Crown Jewels...
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and rubies. Crown of Württemberg, Württemberg State Museum, Stuttgart (1806) Crown of Stephen Bocskai (Turkish goldwork, c. 1605, Imperial Treasury, Vienna)...
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The Imperial Crown of Austria (German: Österreichische Kaiserkrone) is a crown formerly in use by the monarchs of the Habsburg monarchy. The crown was...
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ornaments, and crowned with St Edward's Crown. Afterwards, it is exchanged for the lighter Imperial State Crown, which is also usually worn at State Openings...
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A state crown is the working crown worn or used by a monarch on recurring state occasions such as when opening Parliament in Britain, as opposed to the...
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The State Crown of George I is the imperial and state crown crafted in 1714 for King George I. It was modified and used by subsequent monarchs until 1838...
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The Small Diamond Crown of Queen Victoria is a miniature imperial and state crown made at the request of Queen Victoria in 1870 to wear over her widow's...
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The Tudor Crown, also known as Henry VIII's Crown, was the imperial and state crown of English monarchs from around the time of Henry VIII until it was...
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The Tudor Crown, also known as the Imperial Crown, is a widely used symbol in the heraldry of the United Kingdom. In use officially from 1902 to 1953...
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weight and instead used the lighter 1838 Imperial State Crown. When not used to crown the monarch, St Edward's Crown rested on the high altar; however, it...
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coronation crown for the moment of coronation and a state crown for general usage in state ceremonial. Circlet Consort crown Imperial crown Royal crown State crown...
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Houses of Parliament; the monarch customarily wears the Imperial State Crown and a robe of state, and members of the House of Lords wear their parliament...
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The Imperial Crown Style (帝冠様式, teikan yōshiki) of Japanese architecture developed during the Japanese Empire in the early twentieth century. The style...
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Black Prince's Ruby (category Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom)
diamond at the front of the Imperial State Crown of the United Kingdom. The spinel is one of the oldest parts of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom...
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The Imperial Crown of Brazil (Portuguese: Coroa Imperial do Brasil), also known as the Crown of Dom Pedro II or as the Diamantine Crown (so called because...
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The monarch is enrobed with the Imperial Robe and processes out of the Abbey whilst wearing the Imperial State Crown and carrying the Orb and Sceptre...
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Cullinan Diamond (category Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom)
Africa, weighing 317.4 carats (63.48 g), mounted in the Imperial State Crown. Both are part of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. Seven other major diamonds...
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Stuart Sapphire (category Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom)
George III in 1807 and returned to the United Kingdom from Italy. On the Imperial State Crown of Queen Victoria, the jewel took pride of place at the front of...
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Proclamation of Crown Prince (Rikkōshi-Senmei-no-gi) in Tokyo. Preceding his investiture as Crown Prince, the ongoing Japanese imperial succession debate...
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The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire (German: Reichskrone), a hoop crown (German: Bügelkrone) with a characteristic octagonal shape, was the coronation...
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Crown broadly represents the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies...
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in 1937 and State Openings of Parliament during the reign of her husband, King George VI. The crown was made by Garrard & Co., the Crown Jeweller at the...
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inches (910 mm). Imperial Crown limousines should not be confused with the Imperial Crown and Crown Coupe models. The Crown Imperial Limousine was the...
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to wear it). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Royal crowns. Crown Jewels Imperial crown List of monarchies https://archive.today/20070509104911/http://www...
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regalia, used at the moment of crowning and exchanged for the lighter Imperial State Crown, which is also worn at State Openings of Parliament. Among the...
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St Edward's Sapphire (category Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom)
the Imperial State Crown, giving it a leading role in the centre of the cross at the top of the crown, where it remains today in the similar crown worn...
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The Imperial House (皇室, Kōshitsu), also referred to as the Imperial Family and the House of Yamato, is the imperial family of Japan, consisting of those...
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