List of Royal Crowns - France

France

The royal crowns were kept in the Basilica of St Denis near Paris

  • Crown of Charlemagne, destroyed in 1793
  • Crown of tradition of the Queens, destroyed in 1590
  • Crown of Saint Louis, destroyed in 1793
  • New Crown of the Queens of Jeanne d'Evreux, destroyed in 1793
  • Crown of Louis XII, destroyed
  • Gold crown of Henry IV, destroyed in 1793
  • Vermeil crown of Henry IV, destroyed in 1793
  • Gold crown of Louis XIII, destroyed in 1793
  • Vermeil crown of Louis XIII, destroyed in 1793
  • Funeral crown of Queen Anne of Austria, destroyed in 1793
  • Gold crown of Louis XIV, destroyed in 1793
  • Vermeil crown of Louis XIV, destroyed in 1793
  • Funeral crown of Queen Marie Therese of Austria, destroyed in 1793
  • Funeral crown of Henriette of France, Queen of England, destroyed in 1793
  • Funeral crown of Philippe Duke of Orleans, destroyed in 1793
  • Crown of the Dauphine, destroyed in 1793
  • Gold crown of Louis XV, destroyed in 1793
  • Vermeil Crown of Louis XV, in the Louvre
  • Gold crown of Louis XVI, destroyed in 1793
  • Vermeil crown of Louis XVI, destroyed in 1793
  • Crown of Napoleon, in the Louvre
  • Laurels crown of Napoleon, destroyed in 1819
  • Crown of Empress Josephine, destroyed in 1819
  • Crown of Charles X, in the Basilica of St Denis
  • Crown of Queen Marie Thérèse of Savoy, in the Basilica of St Denis
  • Crown of the Dauphin Louis Antoine Duke of Angoulême, preserved
  • Crown of Napoleon III, destroyed in 1887
  • crown of Empress Eugenie, in the Louvre


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