Coronation of the Serbian monarch
The accession of the Serbian monarch was legitimised by a coronation ceremony, which was carried out by church officials.
Ceremony
Middle Ages
The ritual of crowning a new ruler (royal
History
Middle Ages
The ritual of crowning a new ruler is attested in the 12th century.
Modern
Regalia
Middle Ages
Stefan's crown was called "the holy wreath" (sveti venac) by Domentijan.[4] Later, it was called "the god-gifted wreath of the Serbian kingdom" (bogodarovani venac kraljevstva srpskog).[4]
Modern
Modern Serbian regalia were created in Paris by the famous Falise brothers jewellers in 1904 for coronation of king Peter I Karađorđević, and consisted of a
Symbolism
The sacredness of the Serbian throne is frequently stressed in medieval sources.[12] Apart from the throne, the crown was one of the most important royal insignia in the Middle Ages.[1]
Coronations
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Middle Ages
- Stefan (r. 1217–28), uncertain.
- Stefan Radoslav (r. 1228–33), crowned at Žiča by Archbishop Sava, his uncle.[13]
- Stefan Vladislav (r. 1234–43), crowned at Žiča by Archbishop Arsenije.
- Stefan Uroš I (r. 1243–76), crowned at Žiča by Archbishop Arsenije.
- Stefan Dragutin (r. 1276–82), crowned at Žiča.
- Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321), crowned at Žiča by Archbishop Jevstatije I after the Deževa Assembly in early 1282.
- Stefan Konstantin (r. 1321–22).
- Stefan Dečanski (r. 1322–31), crowned by Archbishop Nikodim I on 6 January 1322.[14]
- Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55), crowned emperor at Skopje by Patriarch Joanikije II on 16 April 1346.[15]
- Stefan Uroš V (r. 1355–71).
Modern
- Peter I Karađorđević (1903–1921), crowned at St. Michael's Cathedral in Belgrade on 21 September 1904
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Veselinović & Ljušić 2008, p. 17.
- ^ a b c d Kalić 1998.
- ^ a b Veselinović & Ljušić 2008, p. 13.
- ^ a b c Ćirković & Mihaljčić 1999, p. 336.
- ^ Fine 1994, p. 107.
- ^ a b Kalić 1998, p. 77.
- ^ Kalić 1998, p. 84.
- ^ Marjanović-Dušanić & Ćirković 1994, p. 126.
- ^ Ćirković & Mihaljčić 1999, p. 322.
- ^ "The Serbian Revolution of 1903". Mtholyoke.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ^ The Coronation of King Peter I of Serbia. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ Marjanović-Dušanić & Ćirković 1994, p. 26.
- ^ Fine 1994, p. 135.
- ^ Fine 1994, p. 263.
- ^ Fine 1994, p. 309.
Sources
- ISBN 9788683233014.
- ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.
- Kalić, Jovanka (1998). "Претече Жиче: Крунидбена места српских владара". Историјски часопис. XLIV. Istorijski institut: 77–87.
- Marjanović-Dušanić, Smilja; Ćirković, Sima M. (1994). Vladarske insignije i državna simbolika u Srbiji od XIII do XV veka. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. ISBN 9788670251830.
- Veselinović, Andrija; Ljušić, Radoš (2008). Srpske dinastije. Službeni glasnik. ISBN 978-86-7549-921-3.
Further reading
- Komatina, Ivana (2016). "Велико краљевство од прва: Крунисање Стефана Немањића и "традиција Дукљанског краљевства"" (PDF). Историјски часопис. 65. Belgrade: Istorijski institut: 15–34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
- Marjanović-Dušanić, S. "Kruna". LSSV: 334–335.