Crowns (headgear)

thumb|St Edward's Crown (1661), used for the coronation of English monarchs and, from 1707, British monarchs, to the present day. A crown is a traditional form of head adornment, or hat, worn by monarchs as a symbol of their power and dignity. A crown is often, by extension, a symbol of the monarch's government or items endorsed by it. The word itself is used, particularly in Commonwealth countries, as an abstract name for the monarchy itself (and, by extension, the state of which said monarch is head) as distinct from the individual who inhabits it (that is, The Crown). A specific type of cro

crown worn by popes of the Roman Catholic Church

thumb|upright=1.5|Coin of Antiochus III the Great of the [[Seleucid Empire, shown wearing a diadem, which was a type of headband tied around the head. Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, "of King Antiochus".]] thumb|Gold and silver diadem of Philip II of Macedon|Philip II of Macedonia. This is one type of diadem used by Macedonian and Hellenistic rulers. A diadem is a crown, specifically an ornamental headband worn by monarchs and others as a badge of royalty.

thumb|Tiara made for the French princess Marie-Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême, 1820

Nemes () consisted of pieces of striped head cloth worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt. It covered the whole crown and behind of the head and nape of the neck (sometimes also extending a little way down the back) and had lappets, two large flaps which hung down behind the ears and in front of both shoulders. It was sometimes combined with the double crown, as it is on the statues of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel.

heraldic crown resembling a wall

The pschent (/pskʰént/; Greek ψχέντ) was the double crown worn by rulers in ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians generally referred to it as Pa-sekhemty (pꜣ-sḫm.ty), the Two Powerful Ones, from which the Greek term is derived. It combined the White Hedjet Crown of Upper Egypt and the Red Deshret Crown of Lower Egypt.

second-highest ancient Roman military decoration

Deshret () was the Red Crown of Lower Egypt. It was a red bowl shaped with a protruding curlicue. When combined with the Hedjet (White Crown) of Upper Egypt, it forms the Pschent (Double Crown), in ancient Egyptian called the sekhemti.

Hedjet () is the White Crown of pharaonic Upper Egypt. After the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, it was combined with the Deshret, the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, to form the Pschent, the double crown of Egypt. The symbol sometimes used for the White Crown was the vulture goddess Nekhbet shown next to the head of the cobra goddess Wadjet, the uraeus on the Pschent.

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The khepresh (ḫprš) was an ancient Egyptian royal headdress. It is also known as the blue crown or war crown. New Kingdom pharaohs are often depicted wearing it in battle, but it was also frequently worn in ceremonies. While it was once called the war crown by many, modern historians refrain from characterizing it thus.

symbols of French power, 752–1825

Atef () is the specific feathered white crown of the ancient Egyptian deity Osiris. It combines the Hedjet, the white crown of Upper Egypt, with curly ostrich feathers on each side of the crown for the Osiris cult. The feathers are identified as ostrich from their curl or curve at the upper ends, with a slight flare toward the base. They are the same feather as (singly) worn by Maat. They may be compared with the falcon tail feathers in two-feather crowns such as those of Amun, which are more narrow and straight without curve.

jewelry on the crown of Saint Wenceslas

thumb|Coronet of an earl (as worn by the 17th Earl of Devon at the [[coronation of Elizabeth II and now on display at Powderham Castle)]]

a crown used for the coronation of emperors

South Korean national treasure

radiate crown

are royal dignity signs, borne by kings, and other members of the royal family at solemn ceremonies

thumb|right|The Maskhaypacha being used by Huascar The Mascapaicha or Maskaypacha (Quechua: "Maskhay", search and "Pacha", space or time) was the royal crown of the Emperor of the Tawantinsuyu, more commonly known as the Inca Empire.

insignia of the Archduchy of Austria

ancient Egyptian ceremonial headgear

headband or fillet of Ancient Greece

A () is a type of traditional Korean coronet worn by women for special occasions such as weddings. Also known as a or , it consists of an outer crown covered with black silk, and an inner which is filled with cotton and hard paper. Its top is decorated with cloisonné ornaments. The upper part is vaguely hexagonal and the bottom is cylindrical. The form of the gets narrower towards its base.

Items symbolising Norwegian monarch's power and majesty

Hat worn by the Kings of Bhutan

votive offering in Medieval Europe

The ' (), variously known in several languages as makuta, mahkota, magaik, mokot, mongkut or chada''''' (see below), is a type of headdress used as crowns in the Southeast Asian monarchies of today's Cambodia and Thailand, and historically in Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, and Bali), Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Laos and Myanmar. They are also used in classical court dances in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand; such as khol, khon, the various forms of lakhon, as well as wayang wong dance drama. They feature a tall pointed shape, are made of gold or a substitute, and are usually decorate

thumb|A in the Ding Ling Tomb Museum within the Ming Tombs

Bavarian royal regalia

thumb|right|Female head wearing the polos. Bronze, second half of the 7th century BC. From Crete The '''polos crown (plural poloi'''; ) is a high cylindrical crown worn by mythological goddesses of the Ancient Near East and Anatolia and adopted by the ancient Greeks for imaging the mother goddesses Rhea, Cybele and Hera.

Ancient Egyptian crown

cylyndrical Egyptian and Greco-Roman hat

Hwagwan () is a Korean traditional style of coronet worn by women, traditionally for ceremonial occasions such as weddings. It is similar to the jokduri in shape and function, but the hwagan is more elaborate.

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thumb|Detail from , school of Leonardo da Vinci, 1490–1496 A '''''' () is a style of headband that encircles the wearer's forehead, usually with a small jewel suspended in the centre. The original form of the headband was worn in late fifteenth-century Italy, and was rechristened a at the time of its revival in the second quarter of the nineteenth century for both day and (more frequently) formal and evening wear.

thumb|The equestrian statue of Justinian from the Augustaion, wearing a toupha. thumb|The "Gunthertuch|Bamberger Gunthertuch", a [[Byzantine silk tapestry depicting an emperor on his triumphant return from a campaign. The tyche on the left offers a toupha.]] The toupha or toufa (, toûpha or τουφίον, touphíon) is a kind of ornamental crest or head-dress with a plumage of the feathers, hair or bristles of exotic animals, worn in classical antiquity as a triumphal decoration. In surviving depictions, it is most often seen on military helmets and emperors' crowns.

Serbian crowns

crown worn by a bride at her wedding

heraldic crown

thumb|Figure skater, Rion Sumiyoshi, wearing a jeweled circlet as part of her costume. A circlet is a piece of headwear that is similar to a diadem or a corolla. The word 'circlet' is also used to refer to the base of a crown or a coronet, with or without a cap. Diadem and circlet are often used interchangeably, and 'open crowns' with no arches (as opposed to 'closed crowns') have also been referred to as circlets. In Greek this is known as stephanos, and in Latin as corona aperta, although stephanos is associated more with laurel wreaths and the crown of thorns said to have been placed on the

heraldic crown in the form of a circlet with sharp tines

thumb|A Suntiang crown, mid-20th century (Fernbank Museum of Natural History) thumb|A Minangkabau bride and groom. The bride is wearing a Suntiang Gadang crown. A Suntiang is an elaborate crown worn normally by Minangkabau women in Sumatra for festive occasions. It has the shape of a radiant fan and is made out of golden materials such as brass and copper.

heraldic crown made up of wings and stars

crown with one or more arches over the head

Iranian crowns

pageant crown worn by Miss Universe titleholders

narrow headband

crown worn by the spouse of a monarch

' (), also known as phoenix coronet or phoenix hat', is a type of (a type of Chinese traditional headgear) for women in . It was worn mainly by noblewomen for ceremonies or official occasions. It is also traditional headgear for brides and could be worn in set of Traditional Chinese wedding dress attire, such as the .