tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post1339658499506820518..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Royal Regalia: The Iron Crown of LombardyMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-28353196570035364542016-06-05T16:02:11.009-05:002016-06-05T16:02:11.009-05:00The adhesive of clay and beeswax used to affix the...The adhesive of clay and beeswax used to affix the jewels has been carbon dated to between 700 and 780 AD, making it very possible and even likely that the Iron Crown was used in the coronation of Charlemagne.embuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15471819998527653687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-87022947380516325632012-01-18T19:26:56.418-06:002012-01-18T19:26:56.418-06:00You always have an interesting read, but I think I...You always have an interesting read, but I think I like the posts about regalia, and especially this one, the best. Relics of history, especially ones as venerable as the Iron Crown, are fascinating.<br /><br />I hope one of these days you will have time to put together a post about the Crown of Charlemagne.Anita Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-86385491965621807502012-01-18T03:08:53.786-06:002012-01-18T03:08:53.786-06:00Interesting -that's new to me. If true, that w...Interesting -that's new to me. If true, that would have seemed rather odd to me since the Iron Crown had no real connection outside of Italy or really even beyond northern Italy. When Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Romans by the Pope it was with a different crown some time after he had, we are told, been crowned with the Iron Crown as King of the Lombards.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-91611837553489135862012-01-18T02:15:40.502-06:002012-01-18T02:15:40.502-06:00There was a rumor during the 19th Century wars in ...There was a rumor during the 19th Century wars in Italy that Napoleon III was going to have himself crowned with the Iron Crown by the Pope and recreate the Carolingian Empire. Obviously that didn't happen. I read that in an old American newspaper. You can find a lot of interesting things if you look.<br /><br />I always did like the Iron Crown's simplicity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com