"The Bohemian Royal Regalia". Illustration by Hugo Charlemont from the "Kronprinzenwerk", Volume Bohemia, section 1, 1894

The Crown of St Wenceslas

1526–1918

The Crown of St Wenceslas (Czech: Svatováclavská koruna) is the crown of the Kingdom of Bohemia and named after the most important patron saint of the Bohemian lands, St Wenceslas (Czech: Svatý Václav).
The crown was made for Charles IV of Luxembourg in 1347. This major symbol of Bohemian polity is kept in St Vitus’ Cathedral at Prague, in a room that is not open to the public above the Chapel of St Wenceslas, the resting place of the saint’s remains.

"The Bohemian Royal Regalia". Illustration by Hugo Charlemont from the "Kronprinzenwerk", Volume Bohemia, section 1, 1894