Heraldic crowns

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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)

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Continental usages[edit]

Helmets are often substitutes for coronets, and some coronets are worn only on a helmet.

Andorra[edit]


Co-Princes



Bulgaria[edit]


Tsar



Tsaritsa


France[edit]

Capital Department Capital[2] Commune[2]



Ancien Regime[edit]

King (after 1500's)


Dauphin of France


Children of the sovereign
(fils de France )


Prince of the Blood


Duke and Peer of France


Duke


Marquis and Peer of France Marquis


Count and "Peer of France"


Count


Count (older)


Viscount


Vidame Baron


Knight's crown


Knight's tortillon


Napoleonic Empire[edit]

Emperor
First Empire
Emperor
Second Empire
Sovereign prince Prince


Duke Count Baron Knight


Bonnet
d'honneur


July Monarchy[edit]


King of the
French



Georgia[edit]


Georgian Royal Crown, also known as the "Iberian Crown"


German-speaking countries[edit]

Holy Roman Empire[edit]

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


Oldest Electoral hat


Older Electoral hat


New Electoral hat & New Ducal hat


Ducal hat of Styria
Ducal crown


Princely hat


Princely crown


Crown of a Landgraf


Crown of an heir to a duchy
Older crown of counts


Newer crown of counts


Older crown of a Baron/Freiherr


Newer crown of a Baron/Freiherr


Older Crown of Nobility
Newer Crown of Nobility

Liechtenstein[edit]


Prince of Liechtenstein



Austria[edit]

Mural crown of the coat of arms of Austria


Mural crown of the State of Lower Austria


Austrian Empire


Emperor
King of Bohemia Archducal crown (New) Archducal hat (Older)


Ducal hat of Styria


New Ducal hat


Prince


Duke


Marquess


Count


Viscount


Baron


Crown of Nobility


Germany[edit]

Volkskrone (People's Crown) Mural crown of the arms of the Berlin boroughs

German Empire


German State Crown Empress


Crown Prince


King of Prussia


King of Bavaria


Crown of Württemberg


Greece[edit]

King


Hungary and Croatia[edit]

Hungary[edit]


Holy Crown of Hungary (crown of Saint Stephen)


Croatia[edit]


Crown of Zvonimir (crown of King Demetrius Zvonimir)


Italy[edit]

Province City Municipality



Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)[edit]

King (crown of Savoy)


Crown Prince


Royal prince [3]


Prince of the blood
Prince


Duke


Marquess


Count


Viscount


Baron


Noble


Hereditary Knight


Patrician Province


City


Municipality


Kingdoms of Naples, Sicily, Two Sicilies[edit]

King of Naples


Heir to the throne (Duke of Calabria)


Prince and princess



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


Crown of Napoleonic Italy


Iron Crown of Lombardy


Papal Tiara


Doge of Venice


Doge of Genoa


Low Countries[edit]

Netherlands[edit]

Emperor


King


Prince
(children of the Monarch)


Prince
(grandchildren of the Monarch)
Prince
(nobility, for titles granted after 1815)


Duke Marquess


Count


Count
(alternative style)


Viscount


Baron


Hereditary Knight
(Erfridder)
Jonkheer


Patrician


Crown of Nobility


Belgium[edit]

− The older crowns are often still seen in the heraldry of older families.


King
(and princes of
the royal family)
Prince
(nobility, for titles granted after 1815)


Prince
(nobility, for titles granted during the ancien régime)


Duke


Marquess


Count


Count (older)


Count (oldest)


Viscount


Baron


Baron (older)


Hereditary Knight
(Chevalier/Erfridder)



Luxembourg[edit]


Grand Duke


Monaco[edit]


Prince



Poland and Lithuania[edit]

Heraldic Crown of the King Crown of Bolesław I the Brave Crown of Bolesław I the Brave of Poland Grand Duke


Prince


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


Crown Prince


Prince of Beira


Infante


Duke
Marquess


Count


Viscount Baron

Brazil[edit]

Capital


City


Town Village

Empire of Brazil

Emperor Prince Imperial Prince Duke
Marquess Count Viscount Baron

Romania[edit]





Capital City


Town Village

Former Kingdom of Romania[edit]

King (The Steel Crown of Romania)


Russia[edit]

Emperor crown of the grand duchy of Finland Monomakh Crown Prince


Count


Baron


Baron (alternative style) Crown of Nobility


Nordic countries[edit]

Denmark[edit]

King


Crown Prince


Prince
(royal family)
Duke


Marquess


Count


Baron Crown of Nobility



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


Crown Prince




Ducal coronet
Satakunta



Comital coronet
Savo


Norway[edit]

King


Queen


Crown Prince


Duke


Marquess


Count


Baron


Crown of Nobility


Sweden[edit]

King Crown Prince


Duke


Count


Baron


Crown of Nobility


Serbia[edit]

King


Spain[edit]

King National arms design


King Monarch's arms design


King (Aragon, Catalonia, Balearics, Valencia)


Crown Prince


Crown Prince (Aragon, Catalonia, Balearics, Valencia)


Infante


Infante (Aragon, Catalonia, Balearics, Valencia)


Grandee of Spain


Duke


Marquess Count


Viscount


Baron


Señor/Don (Lord)


Hidalgo (Nobleman)


Knight's burelete


Ukraine[edit]

King Galicia–Volhynia


Non-European usages[edit]

Mexico[edit]

Emperor (1st Empire)
Emperor (2nd Empire)

Egypt before 1953[edit]

Khedive (-1914) and Sultan (1914-22)



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)

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 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[edit]

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.

Notes and references[edit]

  1. Boutell, Charles (1914) Fox-Davies, A.C. , ed. Handbook to English Heraldry, The (11th ed.), London: Reeves & Turner, pp. 104–156
  2. a b This standard has many exceptions.
  3. The dukes of Genoa were granted the privilege to use a crown of royal prince though they were only princes of the blood