English Translation

h4 Charles Iv. and his wife Blanka v.Valois were solemnly crowned by the Prague Archbishop Ernst v. Pardubitz on 2 September 1347. All the re-married wives of Charles, Anna von der Pfalz, Anna of Schweidnitz and Elisabeth of Pomerania, were crowned with great splendor. On December 15, l378, the badges of the sovereign's dignity were worn in the elevator and the emperor, who dressed in purple, with the crown on his head, rested in the coffin, was placed in the casket for the scepter sword and imperial apple, also the imperial banner and the shield with the imperial eagle. The coronation of the then two-year- old son of Charles IV, Wenceslas IV (1378 - 1419) took place on June 13, 1363. 137o was crowned the young wife of the Prince, Johanna of Bavaria. Sigmund (1419 - 1437) had the crown outside the country brought to safety as a result of the Hussite confusion. Only in the peace negotiations of Iglau did the emperor declare himself ready to have the crowning insignia restored to Bohemia, which in fact happened in l436. The coronation of Albrecht II. v. Habsburg (1438 - 1439) was carried out on 29 June 1438 at the Prague Castle after a broken kind. Ladislaus Posthumus (1453 - 1457) was crowned on 28 August l453. Georg von Podiebrad had the crown brought to Karlstein immediately after the coronation. George von Podeibrad (1457 - 1471) was crowned king himself in the Veitsdome on 7 May 1958, whereupon his wife Johanna of Rožmital and Blatna received the crown the following day. The crown was then brought back to Charlesstein.