The Hungarian Sceptre

The Hungarian insignia The Holy Crown, the Sceptre, the Orb and the Mantle. Kings have been crowned with the still existing crown since the twelfth century.

The Orb has the Hungarian of Coat of Arms of King Charles I of Hungary (1310-1342). The
other insignia can be connected to Saint Stephen.

The Holy Crown was duty bound to the lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, sometimes
known as the Sacra Corona, which meant the Land of the Carpathian Basin , but it also meant the coronation body too.

No King of Hungary was regarded as being truly legitimate without being crowned with the Holy Crown. The history of Hungary over fifty Kings were with it. The two kings that were not so crowned were John II and Joseph II.

The Crown was first called the holy crown in 1256. During the14th century, royal power came to be represented, not simply by a Crown, but by one specific object being the Holy Crown. This also meant that the Kingdom of Hungary was a special state. They were not looking for a crown to inaugurate a King, but rather they were looking for a King for the Crown..

Since 2000 The Holy Crown is in the central Hall of the Hungarian Parliament Building.