Tudor Crown
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The Tudor Crown, also known as the Imperial Crown, was a crown created in the early 16th century for either Henry VII or Henry VIII, the first Tudor monarchs of England, and destroyed in 1649 during t
The crown in a 1629 portrait of Charles I
Arms of Henry VII of England, painted c.1589
The 2022 Tudor Crown on the uniform of a state trumpeter of the Household Cavalry
St Edward's Crown
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St Edward's Crown is the coronation crown of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. Named after Saint Edward the Confessor, versions of it have traditionally been used to crown English and British mo
Tudor Crown
…coronation of Mary I in 1553 and the coronation of Elizabeth I in 1559. Both Edward VI and Mary I were crowned with three crowns in succession: first St Edward's Crown, second the Tudor Crown (termed the "Imperiall crowne" in contemporary accounts) and finally in "very rich" crowns made specifically for each of their…
St Edward's Crown in 2022
An early 12th-century portrait of Edmund the Martyr, wearing a crown similar in appearance to St Edward's, which was not surmounted by a cross.
Coronation of Charles III with St Edward's Crown