Tudor Crown

Tudor Crown
Tudor Crown
	The crown in a portrait of Charles I
Heraldic depictions
Details
Country	Kingdom of England
Made	No later than 1521
Destroyed	1649

The Tudor Crown was a crown created in the early 16th century for either Henry VII or Henry VIII, the first Tudor monarchs of England, and destroyed in 1649 during the English Civil War. It was described by the art historian Sir Roy Strong as 'a masterpiece of early Tudor jeweller's art'.^[1]

A representation of the Tudor Crown is a widely used symbol in the heraldry of the United Kingdom. In use officially from 1901 to 1952 and again from 2022, it is used to represent 'the Crown' as the sovereign source of governmental authority. As such, it appears on numerous official emblems in the United Kingdom, British Empire, and the Commonwealth.^[2]^[3]

^ Sir Roy Strong (19 November 1989). "A Vanished Realm: The Lost Treasures of Britain". The Sunday Times Magazine. p. 33.
^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1909). "Chapter 22" . A Complete Guide to Heraldry . London: T. C. & E. C. Jack. pp. 358–359 – via Wikisource.
^ Cite error: The named reference Genealogical Magazine 1902 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Sir Roy Strong (19 November 1989). "A Vanished Realm: The Lost Treasures of Britain". The Sunday Times Magazine. p. 33.

[Fox-Davies-2] Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1909). "Chapter 22" . A Complete Guide to Heraldry . London: T. C. & E. C. Jack. pp. 358–359 – via Wikisource.

[Genealogical_Magazine_1902-3] Cite error: The named reference Genealogical Magazine 1902 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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