Imperial Crown of Austria

Imperial Crown of Austria
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CountryAustrian Empire
Austria-Hungary
Made1602
OwnerImperial Treasury

The Imperial Crown of Austria (German: Österreichische Kaiserkrone) is a crown formerly in use by the monarchs of the Habsburg monarchy. The crown was originally made in 1602 in Prague by Jan Vermeyen as the personal crown of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, and therefore is also known as the Crown of Emperor Rudolf II (German: Rudolfskrone). The crown was used as a private crown of the Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Hungary and Bohemia from the House of Habsburg. In 1804 it became the official crown of the newly constituted Austrian Empire. After 1867 it remained the imperial crown of the Cisleithanian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until 1918.[1][2]

  1. ^ Leithe-Jasper 2004, p. 14.
  2. ^ Kunsthistorisches Museum 1991, pp. 51–57.