Crown of Zvonimir

The distinctive long sides could be hanging pendilia as found adorning the Holy Crown of Hungary which was also an 11th-century papal gift.

[4] Another depiction of a very similar if not the same crown and king Demetrius Zvonimir or Ladislaus I of Hungary is on the latter's mantle dated to 11th century from the Zagreb Cathedral.

[5] A stylised version of the crown is used on several provincial and county flags in modern Croatia and is consistently of the design illustrated here which is taken from an 11th-century engraving found in a baptistry in Split.

[7] According to the royal charters, and phrase "Cum autem ad vos coronandus aut vobiscum regni negotia tractaturus aduenero" (when I come to be crowned among you), it is considered that the custom of separate coronation by Hungarian kings was last held by Andrew II of Hungary (1205).

It is quite possible that all Croatian crowns were lost during the 1520s when the Ottoman Turks captured and sacked the royal capitals of Solin and Knin.

Heraldic depiction of the Crown of Zvonimir
Baptistery with figure of Croatian king from the 11th century, now in the Split Cathedral . The king is suggested to be Petar Krešimir IV or Demetrius Zvonimir . [ 4 ]