Temple Sword

Chapter 72 The Second Crown

1309th of St. John's Month (June), 6

Church of Our Lady, Buda, Hungary

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Colorful flags fluttered in the wind as the procession walked toward the Church of Our Lady with ceremonial slow steps.Charles Anjou rode at the head of the procession in his shining golden gown, and Archbishop Thomas and the bishops were already waiting for him at the door.

Arriving at the church, the king and his entourage dismounted, and the dignitaries chosen by Charles handed over to the bishops the robe and sword of St. Stephen, which had been cast by the order of Cardinal Gentil, and placed on the red The gold crown on the cushion was given to Archbishop Thomas.

Archbishops, kings, and lay dignitaries entered the church, already packed inside, and many were worth pausing outside, stretching their necks and straining their ears, to see if they could catch a glimpse of Charles Robert's second coronation.

As they approached the main altar, the bishops carefully laid down their swords and ornate robes, placing the newly-forged crown in the center.Charles took his place facing the altar, and behind him the knights surrounded him under the banners of the Holy Crown, Transylvania, Slavonia, Dalmatia and Croatia.Archbishop Thomas raised his hands, took a deep breath, and began the Holy Mass.

Although the crowd listened carefully to the liturgy of the Mass, Charles paid no attention to the words of the ceremony, eager to take his oaths, be anointed, and be crowned king for the second time.He still remembers the coronation eight years ago, the same process, but with a lighter burden on his shoulders, and of course, fewer people gathered at the time.

After the Gospel was read, Archbishop Thomas came out from behind the main altar, his face flushed, and he asked in a loud voice.

"You want this man, Charles Anjou, son of Carlo Matro and Clemens Habsburg, grandson of King Carlo of Naples and Queen Marie of Arpad, King Ist of Hungary Is the great-grandson of Wan Wu being crowned king?"

The nobles raised their hands in agreement, and the coronation continued as they wished.

Charlie got up from his seat and knelt before the altar, with his index and middle fingers of his right hand stretched out on the Gospel.As Archbishop Thomas enumerated his duties as ruler, Charles swore aloud to protect the Church and uphold its rights and liberties.The bishops stepped forward to hand the horned vials filled with holy oil to the archbishop, and the archbishop of Esztergom unfastened Charles' robes and anointed his right wrist and bare right shoulder with holy oil.

"From today onwards, you are the anointed of the Lord, King Charles of Hungary." The archbishop said, his voice resounded in every corner of the Notre Dame Church.

He helped Charles Anjou to his feet, and together with the bishops led him to the sacristy.After a while, the young king reappeared in front of the crowd. The golden robe on his body had disappeared and was replaced by the trousers and gloves of St. Stephen. He walked to the altar again, and the bishops covered him with a coronation robe. .

Archbishop Thomas began to pray and unsheathed the sword on the altar.While saying his prayers, he handed the sword to Charles, who, holding it up, returned it to the archbishop.The archbishop put the sword back into its sheath and put it on the king.Charlie then quickly drew his sword and swung it three times in the air, thereby confirming his previous oath to protect the church.

The anointed and girded king, clad in the robes of St. Stephen, knelt again on the steps of the altar, and the Archbishop of Esztergom placed the new golden crown on his head with slightly trembling hands.

"Arise, O anointed King of God, in the name of the Lord!" he said, leading Charles to his throne on the north side of the church.

The hitherto silent crowd erupted in cheers the first moment Charles Robert sat on the throne.

"Long live the King!" cried hundreds of voices, making the walls of the church tremble. "Long live King Charles!"

The cheering died down shortly thereafter, but the Mass continued, Charles blessed the altar and placed a great deal of gold on it, and the coronation concluded with songs of praise.

After leaving the church, Charles, accompanied by nobles, knights and archbishops, mounted his horse to the audience hall of the Kamokhov Palace, where he figuratively pretended that he was sitting on the throne for the first time, and reviewed some of the cases presented to him. Judgment, and knighted the two elder squires.

After figuratively beginning to govern the country by delivering justice and granting favor, he mounted his horse again, prayed with his entourage on the nearest hill, waved to the cheering crowds that almost filled the city streets, repeating what he told himself over and over A vow practiced once.

At the highest point, he reined in his horse and waved loudly.

"May God help me, may Our Lady have mercy on me, may the body of the Lord be so worshiped and saved, may my body be accepted by the earth to pass through the holy third day, may my soul be whole, may I I will see the holy face of the Lord on Judgment Day instead of falling into hell. I will try my best to protect everything in this kingdom and all the vows I have made for it, and will never violate or deviate from it.”

It turned out that Charles Anjou of Naples, who could not even speak Hungarian, pulled out his sword from the scabbard and waved it to the four directions, indicating that he would knock down all those who dared to invade.

Amid deafening bells and cheers from the Buda crowd, the 21-year-old monarch was determined that this would not be his last coronation.He is sure that if he continues to pursue his ambitions, he will soon be crowned king for the third time.But this time it was not in Buda, but in Seksberg Castle, where successive Hungarian kings were anointed. The crown on his head was no longer a newly cast golden crown, but the holy crown of Istvan.

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