Coronation of Leopold as Arch-King of the Lovasnép Nation

Political event

On this day Grand Prince Leopold III was elevated by the Bull of 899 to the newly-established kingship of the Lovasnép Nation,

Leopold III became Grand Prince in 889, defeating his father’s brother, Émber the Pretender, who also claimed the throne. Prince Leopold had converted from pagan Cromism to the Sanctist faith in 877, and during his reign the country was transformed from an Eastern pagan Principality into a Western Sanctist Apostolic Kingdom.

In response to his petition for recognition by the Holy See, Leopold received the insignia of royalty from the senior prelate of the Western Church, Archcoarb Waldo II of Sancta Sedes. His Bull of 899 invested Leopold as “Arch-King of the Lovasnép Nation,” granted him the crown and the titles of King and Apostolic Legate (hence the traditional style of “Apostolic Majesty” reserved for Barchurian Kings), and conferred upon him the right to have relics of the saints carried before him, along with administrative authority over the monasteries and churches within his realm.

Among the royal insignia sent by Archcoarb Waldo was a golden crown, upon which he had set his blessing, which was used for King Leopold’s coronation on 31 Dusanmonat 899. That crown became “The Holy Crown of Barchu” (also known as the “Crown of Saint Leopold”) and embodied the constitutional continuity of Barchu’s statehood and the unity of the Lovasnép nation for over 1000 years.