Re: King Erik IX's funeral crown in Uppsala Cathedral Archived Message
Posted by Beth1  on September 26, 2014, 6:12 am, in reply to "King Erik IX's funeral crown in Uppsala Cathedral"
What a wonderful piece of history. Thank you for the photo Arthur. I am delighted to see such a historical item.
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: Last Tuesday, 23rd September 2014, King Carl
: XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia of Sweden
: visited Uppsala Cathedral, in connection
: with the General Synod of the (Lutheran)
: Church of Sweden. In the cathedral, they
: visited the exhibition ‘Heaven is here – Man
: and sacred art through a thousand years’.
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: There, they could admire a mercury-gilded
: copper crown with red, blue and green glass
: stones, which is probably the funeral crown
: of the Swedish King Eric IX, also known as
: Saint Erik (c. 1155 – 1160), who is buried
: in the cathedral. The reason behind the name
: “funeral crown” is that it may have been
: made for the burial of Saint Erik in 1160.
: The crown is the oldest surviving regal
: crown in Sweden and the Nordic countries.
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: Source:
: http://royalista.com/#41382/funeral-crown-bedazzles-queen-silvia-and-king-carl-gustaf/
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: Regarding more classical royal jewellery,
: Queen Silvia wore one of her modern gold
: (and diamond?) brooches (here at the opening
: of the General Synod of the Church of
: Sweden):
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