Crown of Zvonimir
The Crown of Zvonimir was bestowed on King
It was the third crown of Croatian Kingdom, as in the coronation charter are mentioned two other golden crowns decorated with gems located at Benedictine monastery of St. Gregory in
Zvonimir ruled Croatia until 1089 after which the crown was possibly used in the coronation of his successor
Overview
According to the 11th-century engraving found in a
Another depiction of a very similar if not the same crown and king Demetrius Zvonimir or Ladislaus I of Hungary is on the latter's mantle dated to 11th century from the Zagreb Cathedral.[5]
A stylised version of the crown is used on several provincial and county flags in modern
Disappearance
It is not known whether the medieval Crown of Zvonimir still exists. It is quite possible that all Croatian crowns were lost during the 1520s when the
World War II appropriation
In 1941, the fascist
See also
References
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- Babić, Ivo (2010). "The Relief with the Image of a King from the Split Baptistery". Archaeologia Adriatica. 4 (1). Split, Croatia: Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering: 203–215.
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