Consort crown

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A consort crown is a crown worn by the Queen Consort of a kingdom for her coronation or on state occasions.

Unlike with reigning monarchs, who may inherit one or more crowns for use, consorts sometimes had special crowns made uniquely for them and which were worn by no other later consort.

All British Queens Consorts in the 20th century, Alexandra of Denmark, Mary of Teck and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, wore their own specially made consort crowns, made in 1902, 1911 and 1937 respectively. Previous English and British Queens Consort had used the consort crown of Mary of Modena, wife of King James II of England, until Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, the consort of King William IV, who had a special new consort crown created for her.

[edit] Famous consort crowns

• Crown of Empress Eugenie (France)
• Crown of Mary of Modena (England)
• Crown of Queen Adelaide (United Kingdom)
• Crown of Queen Alexandra (United Kingdom)
• Crown of Queen Mary (United Kingdom)
• Crown of Pahlavi, (Iranium)
• Crown of Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother)
• Crown of Queen Elisabeta (of Romania) (Romania)
• Crown of Queen Maria (Romania)
• Empress's Crown (Iran)
• Farah's tiara (Iran)

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