![]() It is superior to the ruling monarch, who rules "in the name of the crown". Under this doctrine, the crown itself is a legal person identical to the state of Hungary. Péter Révay, a Crown Guard, expounded this doctrine in his works Commentarius De Sacra Regni Hungariae Corona ( Explanation of the Holy Crown of the Kingdom of Hungary, Augsburg 1613) and De monarchia et Sacra Corona Regni Hungariae ( On the Monarchy and Holy Crown of Hungary, Frankfurt 1659). This consecration was supposed to empower the crown with divine force to help the future kings of Hungary under the "Doctrine of the Holy Crown" ( Hungarian: Szentkorona-tan). After this, Mary was depicted not only as patrona (patron saint) of the Kingdom of Hungary, but also as regina (queen). According to popular tradition, St Stephen I held up the crown before his death (in the year 1038) to consecrate it and his kingdom to the Virgin Mary. ( January 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īs with all European Christian crowns, the Holy Crown symbolizes a halo signifying the wearer's Divine Right to rule. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification. Since 2000, the Holy Crown has been on display in the central Domed Hall of the Hungarian Parliament Building. He also said "the Holy Crown is for the Hungarians what the Lost Ark is for the Jewish people". As written by Crown Guard Péter Révay, when Hungary needed a new monarch it did not seek a crown to inaugurate a king, but a king worthy of the Crown. By the 14th century it became the unique symbol of royal power. The name "Holy Crown" was first used in 1256. The orb has the coat-of-arms of Charles I of Hungary (1310–1342). ![]() The Hungarian coronation regalia consists of the Holy Crown, the sceptre, the orb, and the mantle. The date assigned to the present configuration of the Holy Crown is most commonly put around the late 12th century. The Holy Crown has probably been remodelled using elements of different origins. It is one of two known Byzantine crowns to survive, the other being the slightly earlier Monomachus Crown in the Hungarian National Museum, which may have had another function. ![]() However, in popular tradition the Holy Crown was thought to be older, dating to the time of the first King Stephen I of Hungary crowned 1000/1001. The crown was presented by the Byzantine Emperor Michael VII Doukas to King Géza I of Hungary both are depicted and named in Greek on enamel plaques in the lower crown. ![]() The enamels on the crown are mainly or entirely Byzantine work, presumed to have been made in Constantinople in the 1070s. The only kings not so crowned were Wladyslaw I, John Sigismund Zápolya and Joseph II. Through the history of Hungary, more than fifty kings were crowned with it, until to the last king Charles IV in 1916. The Crown symbolized the King's authority over the Lands of the Hungarian Crown (the Carpathian Basin), and it was a key mark of legitimacy. The Holy Crown of Hungary ( Hungarian: Szent Korona, Latin Sacra Corona), also known as the Crown of Saint Stephen, named in honour of Saint Stephen I of Hungary, was the coronation crown used by the Kingdom of Hungary for most of its existence kings have been crowned with it since the twelfth century.
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