Imperial crown
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- Imperial Crown was also a model of car from Imperial, the luxury division of the Chrysler Corporation.
An Imperial Crown is usually, though not always, a crown used by a monarch on state occasions other than at the moment of actual coronation, when a special coronation crown is used. It may also refer to a crown used for the coronation of emperors.
[edit] Famous examples of imperial crowns
- Imperial State Crown - the crown manufactured for King George VI in 1937, and modelled on an earlier imperial crown from the reign of Queen Victoria, used by British monarchs at state ceremonies such as the State Opening of Parliament.
- Imperial Crown of India - the Imperial Crown worn by King George V at the Delhi Durbar in 1911.
- Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire - coronation crown of Holy Roman Emperors.
- Imperial Crown of Austria - crown of the Austrian Empire.
- Imperial Crown of Russia - coronation crown of the Russian Tsars.
[edit] See also
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Circlet | Consort crown | Coronation crown | Coronet | Imperial crown | Imperial State Crown | Papal Tiara | State crown | |
