Heraldic crowns
This gallery shows the main heraldic crowns of the world.
Commonwealth usage
[edit]King/Queen – St Edward's Crown | King/Queen – Crown of Scotland | King/Queen – Imperial/Tudor Crown | King/Queen - Crown of Canada | Emperor/Empress – Imperial Crown of India |
Heir Apparent | Prince or Princess – children and siblings of the Sovereign | Prince or Princess – children of the Heir Apparent | Prince or Princess – children of other sons of the Sovereign; other princes and princesses | Prince or Princess – children of daughters of the Sovereign |
Duke | Marquess | Earl | Viscount | Peerage Baron/Lord of Parliament (Scotland) |
Feudal Baron (Scotland) | Herald | Gentleman | Loyalist military coronet (Canada) | Loyalist civil coronet (Canada) |
Continental usages
[edit]Helmets are often substitutes for coronets, and some coronets are worn only on a helmet.
Andorra
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Co-Princes
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Bulgaria
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Emperor
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Tsar
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Tsaritsa
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Prince
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Princess
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Younger Princess
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France
[edit]Capital | Department Capital[2] | Commune[2]
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King (after 1500's)
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Dauphin of France
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Children of the sovereign (fils de France )
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Prince of the Blood
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Duke and Peer of France
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Duke
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Marquis and Peer of France | Marquis
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Count and "Peer of France"
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Count
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Count (older)
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Viscount
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Vidame | Baron
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Knight's crown
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Knight's tortillon
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Napoleonic Empire
[edit] Emperor First Empire |
Emperor Second Empire |
Sovereign prince | Prince | Duke |
Duke | Count | Baron | Knight
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Bonnet d'honneur
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Burbon Restoration
[edit]King | Duke |
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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German-speaking countries
[edit]Holy Roman Empire
[edit]Old Imperial Crown | Imperial Crown | Oldest Crown of the King of the Romans |
Older Crown of the King of the Romans |
Newer Crown of the King of the Romans |
King of Bohemia |
Archducal hat
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Oldest Electoral hat
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Older Electoral hat
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New Electoral hat & New Ducal hat
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Ducal hat of Styria | |
Ducal crown
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Princely hat
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Princely crown
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Crown of a Landgraf
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Crown of an heir to a duchy | |
Older crown of counts
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Newer crown of counts
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Older crown of a Baron/Freiherr
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Newer crown of a Baron/Freiherr
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Older Crown of Nobility | |
Newer Crown of Nobility |
Liechtenstein
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Prince of Liechtenstein
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Austria
[edit] Mural crown of the coat of arms of Austria
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Mural crown of the State of Lower Austria
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Austrian Empire
Emperor | |||||
King of Bohemia | Archducal crown (New) | Archducal hat (Older)
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Ducal hat of Styria
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New Ducal hat
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Prince
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Duke
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Marquess
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Count
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Viscount
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Baron
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Crown of Nobility
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Germany
[edit]Volkskrone (People's Crown) | Mural crown of the arms of the Berlin boroughs |
German Empire
German State Crown | Empress
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Crown Prince
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King of Prussia
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King of Bavaria
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Crown of Württemberg
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Greece
[edit]King
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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
[edit]Province | City | Municipality
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Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)
[edit] King (crown of Savoy)
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Crown Prince
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Royal prince [3]
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Prince of the blood |
Prince
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Duke
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Marquess
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Count
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Viscount
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Baron
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Noble
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Hereditary Knight
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Patrician | Province
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City
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Municipality
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Kingdoms of Naples, Sicily, Two Sicilies
[edit] Crown of Frederick II of Sicily
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King of Naples
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Heir to the throne (Duke of Calabria)
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Prince and princess
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Grand Duchy of Tuscany
[edit]Medici Grand Dukes of Tuscany | Habsburg-Lorraine Grand Dukes of Tuscany |
Other Italian states before 1861
[edit] Crown of San Marino
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Crown of Napoleonic Italy
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Iron Crown of Lombardy | Iron Crown of Lombardy (historic depiction)
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Papal Tiara
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Doge of Venice
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Doge of Genoa
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Low Countries
[edit]Netherlands
[edit] Emperor
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King
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Prince (children of the Monarch)
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Prince (grandchildren of the Monarch) |
Prince (nobility, for titles granted after 1815)
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Duke | Marquess
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Count
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Count (alternative style)
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Viscount
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Baron
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Hereditary Knight (Erfridder) |
Jonkheer
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Patrician
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Crown of Nobility |
Belgium
[edit]− The older crowns are often still seen in the heraldry of older families.
Luxembourg
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Grand Duke
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Monaco
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Prince
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Poland and Lithuania
[edit]Heraldic Crown of the King | Crown of Bolesław I the Brave of Poland | Grand Duke
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Prince
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Nobleman |
Portuguese-speaking countries
[edit]Portugal
[edit]Capital (Lisbon) | City | Town | Parish |
Colonial Administrative Regions (1930-1999) |
Administrative Regions (unused) |
Kingdom of Portugal (until 1910)
King
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Crown Prince
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Prince of Beira
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Infante
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Duke |
Marquess
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Count
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Viscount | Baron |
Brazil
[edit]Capital
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City
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Town | Village |
Empire of Brazil
Emperor | Prince Imperial | Prince | Duke |
Marquess | Count | Viscount | Baron |
Romania
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Capital | City
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Town | Village |
Former Kingdom of Romania
[edit]King (The Steel Crown of Romania)
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Russia
[edit]Emperor | crown of the grand duchy of Finland | Monomakh Crown | Prince
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Count
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Baron
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Baron (alternative style) | Crown of Nobility
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Nordic countries
[edit]Denmark
[edit] King
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Crown Prince
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Prince (royal family) |
Duke
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Marquess
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Count
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Baron | Crown of Nobility
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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.
King
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Crown Prince
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Ducal coronet Satakunta
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Comital coronet Savo
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Norway
[edit] King
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Queen
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Crown Prince
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Duke
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Marquess
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Count
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Baron
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Crown of Nobility
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Sweden
[edit]King | Crown Prince
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Duke
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Count
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Baron
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Crown of Nobility
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Serbia
[edit]Crown of Czar Stefan Dušan of Serbia | King
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Spain
[edit] King National arms design
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King Monarch's arms design
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King (Aragon, Catalonia, Balearics, Valencia)
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Crown Prince
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Crown Prince (Aragon, Catalonia, Balearics, Valencia)
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Infante
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Infante (Aragon, Catalonia, Balearics, Valencia)
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Grandee of Spain
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Duke
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Marquess | Count
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Viscount
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Baron
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Señor/Don (Lord)
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Hidalgo (Nobleman)
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Knight's burelete |
Ukraine
[edit] King Ruthenia
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Non-European usages
[edit]Mexico
[edit]Emperor (1st Empire) | |
Emperor (2nd Empire) |
Ottoman Empire
[edit]Süleyman the Magnificent's Venetian helmet |
Egypt before 1953
[edit]Khedive (-1914) and Sultan (1914-22)
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King (1922-53) |
Siam and Thailand
[edit]Great Crown of Victory of the Kings of Siam and Thailand | |
Phra Kiao (princely coronet, also the emblem of King Chulalongkorn) |
Cambodia
[edit]Crown of the Kings of Cambodia |
Polynesia
[edit]Royal Crown of Fiji | Royal Crown of Hawaii | Royal Crown of Tahiti | Royal Crown of Tonga | Royal Crown of Rapa Nui |
Other examples
[edit]Raven Crown of Bhutan | The Crown of Brunei | Imperial Crown of Ming China | Prince Crown of Ming China | Imperial Crown of Qing China | Imperial Crown of Ethiopia | Crown of the Shah of Iran (Pahlavi dynasty) | Crown of the Shah of Iran (Qajar dynasty) | Crown of the Kara-Kyrgyz Khan | The Crown of Nepal | The Crown of Rwanda |
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]Astral crown | Camp crown | Celestial crown | Eastern crown |
Mural crown | Naval crown |
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