Royal Crown

The royal crown is the symbol of a monarch's authority. Represented in civil heraldry, it also symbolizes sovereignty.

Description

It is formed by a fence or circle of gold and enriched with precious stones. It is usually decorated with eight rosettes shaped like celery leaves, interpolated with eight lower gold points, finished in pearls and an equal number of gold diadems loaded with pearls, topped with a crossed orb located above.

There are exceptions to this definition, such as the crown of the kings of England, which has four diadems instead of eight, or that of Saint Stephen, which was used by the kings of Hungary and has a shape similar to a helmet.. Likewise, the last one has a particular symbolism and meaning, unique in history, since it is called the Holy Hungarian Crown and more than a coronation jewel it represents the territory, the population and the Hungarian soul, being itself the one that really reigns, and not the crowned monarchs (they do so only in the name of the Holy Crown of Hungary).

Open royal crown

The open royal crown, without diadems or crossed orb, was used in Spain to represent the old crown in some cases until the century XVI. It has the same design as the infant crown. Currently the Kingdom of Bahrain is the only one that maintains an open royal crown, inspired by an oriental crown.

Gallery

Reigning monarchies

Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia	AndorraAndorra	BaréinBaréin	BelgiumBelgium	BrunéiBrunéi	BhutanBhutan
Royal Crown of Saudi Arabia (Heraldic Corona)	Crown of the Principality (Heraldic Corona)	Royal Crown of Baré in (Heraldic Corona)	Royal Crown of Belgium (Heraldic Corona)	Crown of the Sultan (Heraldic representation)	Royal Crown of Bhutan (Heraldic representation)
CambodiaCambodia	DenmarkDenmark	SpainSpain		JordanJordan	KuwaitKuwait
Royal Crown of Cambodia	Royal Crown of Denmark	Royal Crown of Spain (Heraldic Corona)	Tumular Crown It's not a touch of authority, It's an ornament for proclamations and funerals	Royal Crown of Jordan (Heraldic Corona)	Emir Crown (Heraldic Corona)
LiechtensteinLiechtenstein	LuxembourgLuxembourg	MalaysiaMalaysia	MoroccoMorocco	MonacoMonaco	Norway Norway
Crown of the Prince (Heraldic Corona)	Crown of the Grand Duke (Heraldic Corona) A real crown despite being a Grand Duchy	Real Touch of Malaysia	Royal Crown of Morocco (Heraldic Corona)	Crown of the Prince (Heraldic Corona) A real crown despite being a Principality	Royal Crown of Norway
OmanOman	NetherlandsNetherlands	United KingdomUnited Kingdom	Sweden Sweden	Thailand	Tonga
Crown of the Sultan (Heraldic Corona)	Royal Crown of the Netherlands	Crown of San Eduardo	Royal Crown of Sweden	Great Crown of Victory	Royal Crown of Tonga

Disappeared monarchies

France		Hungary	Italy		Nepal
Heraldic representation of the Royal Crown of France	Crown of King Louis XV of France	Crown of St. Stephen	Iron Crown of the Kings of Italy (483-1806)	Royal Crown of the Italian Monarchy (1861-1946)	Royal Crown of the Kingdom of Nepal used in the arms shield
Portugal					Sri Lanka
Royal crown closed with purple lining of the Kings of Portugal, XVIII-XX	Heraldic representation Royal Crown closed with purple lining	Heraldic representation Royal Crown closed with five visible arches	Heraldic representation Royal Crown closed with three visible arches	Heraldic representation of the Royal Open Crown	Heraldic Representation of the Royal Crown of Sri Lanka, used during the Kingdom of Kandy
Other royal crowns
Royal Crown Bavaria	Crown of San Venceslao (Bohemia)	Heraldic representation of the Royal Crown of Bulgaria	Heraldic representation of the Royal Crown of Egypt	Heraldic representation of the Royal Crown of Georgia
Heraldic representation of the Royal Crown of Greece	Heraldic representation of the Royal Crown of Poland	Royal Crown Prussia	Crown of Steel (Romania)	Royal Crown Serbia / Yugoslavia