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A crown is a traditional form of head adornment, or hat, worn by monarchs as a symbol of their power and dignity. A crown is often, by extension, a symbol of the monarch's government or items endorsed
St Edward's Crown (1661), used for the coronation of English monarchs and, from 1707, British monarchs, to the present day.
Crown of King of Persis Ardakhshir II, 1st century BC.
The Iron Crown of Lombardy.
Shripech, the royal crown of the Kingdom of Nepal.
Coronet
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In British heraldry, a coronet is a type of crown that is a mark of rank of non-reigning members of the royal family and peers. In other languages, this distinction is not made, and usually the same w
Crown
…extension, the state of which said monarch is head) as distinct from the individual who inhabits it (that is, The Crown). A specific type of crown (or coronet for lower ranks of peerage) is employed in heraldry under strict rules. Indeed, some monarchies never had a physical crown, just a heraldic representation…
Coronet of an earl (as worn by the 17th Earl of Devon at the coronation of Elizabeth II and now on display at Powderham Castle)
Portrait of Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton, in robes for the 1603 coronation of James I. She wears a marchioness' coronet, which differs from the later standardised design with four leaves and four balls.
Coronet of the 6th Viscount Clifden, with sixteen silver spheres.
Depiction of a baron's coronet on a 17th-century funerary monument