Polish crown jewels

The only surviving original piece of the Polish crown jewels (Polish: Polskie klejnoty koronne) from the time of the Piast dynasty is the ceremonial sword Szczerbiec. It is currently on display along with other preserved royal items at the Wawel Royal Castle Museum in Kraków.

Several royal crowns were made, including several during the 16th Century, a "Hungarian Crown", a "Swedish Crown" used by the Vasa kings, and others that were subsequently lost or destroyed. The crown regalia used by the Saxon kings, and some remainders of older Polish monarchs which were appropriated by king Augustus II, also the Elector of Saxony; like a cup of Queen Jadwiga so-called roztruchan, and the magnificent scale armour, so-called karacena, of King John III Sobieski^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] are today on display in the Grünes Gewölbe and the Rüstkammer in Dresden, Germany.

the , according to a legend handed over to the first Polish monarch by Emperor Otto III, made for Władysław I the Elbow-high

Crown of Bolesław I the Brave

the so-called "" made for Jadwiga of Kalisz

Queens Crown

the so-called "" made for John II Sigismund Zápolya according to Crown of Saint Stephen

Hungarian Crown

the so-called "" for receiving homages, made for Władysław II Jagiełło

Homagial Crown

the so-called "" intended for funeral ceremonies of the Polish monarchs, made for Stephen Báthory

Funebralis Crown

three and three silver orbs

sceptres

a silver chain with the relic of the (Crux cum ligno Vitae)

holy cross

the Ruthenian crosses and relics

Latin Bible copied on parchment

rhinoceros horn (Cornu Rynocerotis)

the coronation sword that was used in crowning ceremonies of most kings of Poland

Szczerbiec

two Teutonic Order swords received at the Battle of Grunwald by King Władysław Jagiełło

Grunwald Swords

the sword of

Bolesław the Bold

the sword of

Sigismund I the Old

three hats fringed with pearls

a large chest with jewel boxes, which contained a large ruby, a 0.94 carats (188 mg) diamond, 200 diamonds, a large emerald, among others.^[15]^[16]

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Crown jewels

Royal coronations in Poland

Gniezno Cathedral

Wawel Cathedral

St. John's Cathedral

Royal Casket

Płock Diadem

a cap used during the inaugurations of Lithuanian monarchs until 1569 when a Polish crown was started to be used for crowning the joint Polish–Lithuanian monarchs.^[22]

Gediminas' Cap

Klejnoty i insygnia koronacyjne w dawnej Polsce. Prawdy i legendy (Crown jewels and insignia in the former Poland. Truth and legend), "Życie Literackie", No. 32, 1987, p. 5 Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)