This picture shows a crown in 1861, the first time it was used since 1701.
Ah, googling F1's coronation gets me this article on F1's crown, which he did indeed have made, and which is the same one used by Wilhelm I (and it even looks the same as the one in the painting I just linked to, so that checks out). Apparently on display in Charlottenburg to this day. So FW did not melt it down!
English wiki says:
The crown was also used for the coronation of Frederick William I and his son, Frederick II (better known as Frederick the Great). He was a very frugal monarch, and although the crown was present at his coronation, he did not wear it.
Which is probably an accurate account if you translate it as "FW and Fritz had homage ceremonies rather than proper coronations."
I see German wiki quotes our guy Johann von Besser, F1's kickboxing master of ceremonies, describing the crown circa 1712. I like the way we keep getting to know all these obscure characters. :D
The Royal Detective strikes again! Well, that answers Felis' question - there was a crown, and he didn't wear it. And ha, I knew F1 would not have passed by the opportunity to have one made for him.
...I wonder whether the crown is one of those things the current Head Hohenzollern wants either money for or back?
ETA: Yes, they do. (And that's a great close-up photo of the crown in question.) Go figure.
And ha, I knew F1 would not have passed by the opportunity to have one made for him.
F1: You should see me in a crown. :D
But seriously, I was like 100% sure. How else could he hold his head up among the other crowned heads of Europe? Fritz and FW did it with an army, but this is F1!
Re current Hohenzollerns: my first reaction was, "It probably is, yeah," and sure enough. Nothing if not predictable, this latest generation!
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Prussian crown
Date: 2021-02-12 03:50 pm (UTC)Ah, googling F1's coronation gets me this article on F1's crown, which he did indeed have made, and which is the same one used by Wilhelm I (and it even looks the same as the one in the painting I just linked to, so that checks out). Apparently on display in Charlottenburg to this day. So FW did not melt it down!
English wiki says:
The crown was also used for the coronation of Frederick William I and his son, Frederick II (better known as Frederick the Great). He was a very frugal monarch, and although the crown was present at his coronation, he did not wear it.
Which is probably an accurate account if you translate it as "FW and Fritz had homage ceremonies rather than proper coronations."
I see German wiki quotes our guy Johann von Besser, F1's kickboxing master of ceremonies, describing the crown circa 1712. I like the way we keep getting to know all these obscure characters. :D
Re: Prussian crown
Date: 2021-02-12 04:52 pm (UTC)...I wonder whether the crown is one of those things the current Head Hohenzollern wants either money for or back?
ETA: Yes, they do. (And that's a great close-up photo of the crown in question.) Go figure.
Re: Prussian crown
Date: 2021-02-12 06:38 pm (UTC)F1: You should see me in a crown. :D
But seriously, I was like 100% sure. How else could he hold his head up among the other crowned heads of Europe? Fritz and FW did it with an army, but this is F1!
Re current Hohenzollerns: my first reaction was, "It probably is, yeah," and sure enough. Nothing if not predictable, this latest generation!