!!!Stephanskrone

Saint Stephen´s Crown: Crown which was sent by Pope Sylvester II 
for the coronation of Saint Stephen as King of Hungary in 1001. It has 
been missing since 1279. The present Saint Stephen´s Crown was 
manufactured under Stephan V (1270-1272) and consists of 2 Hungarian 
women´s crowns of the 12%%sup th/% /13%%sup th/%  century and of 
Byzantine parts. In 1945, it was handed over to American troops in 
Mattsee and taken to the United States; in 1978, it was returned to 
Hungary.  Imperial Crowns,  Erzherzogshut.

!Literature
É. Kovács and Z. Lovag, Die ungarischen 
Kroenungsinsignien, 1988.


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