State crown 1975296 221621035 2008-06-25T09:36:58Z Deror avi 152386 interwiki {{Refimprove|date=May 2008}} A '''State Crown''' is the working [[crown (headgear)|crown]] worn by a [[monarch]] on recurring state occasions such as [[State Opening of Parliament|State Openings of Parliament]], as opposed to the [[coronation crown]] with which they would be formally crowned. <!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Anna's_crown.jpg|left|thumb|State crown of [[Empress Anna]]]] --> Some state crowns might however be used during parts of the [[coronation]] ceremony. In isolated cases, individual monarchs sometimes chose to use their state crown instead of the official [[coronation crown]] for the crowning, but those cases were exceptions rather than the norm. Some states where there was no ceremonial coronation only had state crowns, or neither as in Belgium. ==British state crowns== The term ''state crown'' was particularly used in the [[Kingdom of England]] and its successor [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] to describe the crowns of Kings [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] and [[George I of Great Britain|George I]] that were worn on occasions such as the [[State Opening of Parliament]]. While the crown of Charles no longer exists, the [[Gemstone|jewel]]-less frame of the [[State Crown of George I]] is still kept among the [[British Crown Jewels]]. Because they were more frequently in use, in contrast to a coronation crown which was usually only worn once during each reign, state crowns were repeatedly replaced due to wear and tear. When, because of its age and fragility, the State Crown of George I was replaced in [[1838]]<ref>{{cite book | last = Charles Fox Davies | first = Arthur | coauthors = Graham Johnston | title = A Complete Guide to Heraldry | publisher = Kessinger Publishing | date = 2004 | pages = 359 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0EBiwcy4x5EC&pg=PA359&dq=%22State+crown%22+opening&as_brr=3&client=firefox-a&sig=9wIf3LqrnJi_O4wWn3U-p1lMsz8#PPA359,M1 | isbn = 1417906308}}</ref>, the new replacement crown was instead called the [[Imperial State Crown]], as was its replacement in [[1937]]. The adjective 'imperial' was not abandoned after the Indian and Pakistani independence in 1947 led to the abolition of the imperial style after the British Empire had been transformed into the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1931. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Types of Crowns}} [[Category:Crowns]] [[Category:Formal insignia]] [[Category:Monarchy]] [[Category:State ritual and ceremonies]] [[he:כתר ממלכתי]]