Coronation stone
A coronation stone is a stone which marks the place of coronation of a monarch. These were used in medieval Europe. Particular stones popularly believed to have been used as coronation stones still exist, though some are considered by historians to have been invented in the early modern period.
List
| Stone | Kings | Location | Period | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coronation Stone[1] | Kings of Wessex and Kings of the English | Kingston upon Thames | 10th century | ||
| Lia Fáil | King of Tara and High King of Ireland | Hill of Tara | Gaelic Ireland | ||
| Stone of Scone[2] | King of Scotland, King of Great Britain, King of the United Kingdom | Now Edinburgh | |||
| Stones of Mora | King of Sweden | ||||
| Duke's Chair or Duke's Seat | princes of Carantania, dukes of Carinthia | Zollfeld plain between Maria Saal (Klagenfurt-Land) and Klagenfurt, in Carinthia (Austria) | Herman, Duke of Carinthia (1161) - Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (1651) | ||
| Prince's Stone[3] | princes of Carantania, dukes of Carinthia | originally it stood northwest of the Kaiserpfalz of Karnburg in the Zollfeld plain; nowadays in the Landhaus of Klagenfurt |
same |
References
- Keynes, Simon (2001). "Kingston-upon-Thames". In Michael Lapidge; John Blair; Simon Keynes; Donald Scragg (eds.). The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1.
- The Stone of Destiny: Symbol of Nationhood by David Breeze, Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments, and Graeme Munro, Chief Executive, Historic Scotland; Published by Historic Scotland 1997: ISBN 1-900168-44-8
- Nitze, William A. (1956). "The Siege Perilleux and the Lia Fáil or "Stone of Destiny"". Speculum. 31 (2): 258–262. doi:10.2307/2849412. ISSN 0038-7134. JSTOR 2849412.
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