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href="/wiki/Charlemagne" title="Charlemagne">Charlemagne</a> as his personal weapon. A sword identified as Joyeuse was used in French royal coronation ceremonies since the 13th century, and is now kept at the <a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joyeuse&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%C3%89p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/%C3%89p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne.jpg/250px-%C3%89p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="427" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/%C3%89p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne.jpg/330px-%C3%89p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/%C3%89p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne.jpg/500px-%C3%89p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1583" data-file-height="3076" /></a><figcaption><i>Joyeuse</i> exhibited with its 13th century <a href="/wiki/Scabbard" title="Scabbard">sheath</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_de_Cluny" title="Musée de Cluny">Musée de Cluny</a> in 2012.</figcaption></figure> <p>The overall height of the sword is <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>105 cm (<span class="frac">41<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> in) with the blade portion making up <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />82.8 cm (<span class="frac">32<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">5</span></span> in) of that. It is 4.5 cm (1.77 in) wide at the base, and 2.2 cm (0.87 in) thick. Its total weight is 1.630 kg (3.59 pounds). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_legend">In legend</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joyeuse&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In legend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some legends claim Joyeuse was forged to contain the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Lance" title="Holy Lance">Lance of Longinus</a> within its <a href="/wiki/Hilt#Pommel" title="Hilt">pommel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The blade may have been smithed from the same materials as <a href="/wiki/Roland" title="Roland">Roland</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Durendal" title="Durendal">Durendal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ogier_the_Dane" title="Ogier the Dane">Ogier</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Cortain" title="Cortain">Curtana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bulf_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bulf-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A children's book from the early 20th century tells that "One priceless thing Charlemagne ever carried in his belt and that was Joyeuse, the Sword Jewellous, which contained in a hilt of gold and gems the head of the lance that pierced our Saviour's side. And thereto he wore a pilgrim's pouch — 'against my faring to Jerusalem, or, if that may not be, to remind me that our life is but a pilgrim's way, and our joy but a pilgrim's rest, and our hope a palm.'"<sup id="cite_ref-canton12_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canton12-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 11th century <i><a href="/wiki/The_Song_of_Roland" class="mw-redirect" title="The Song of Roland">Song of Roland</a></i> describes the sword thus: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>Si ad vestut sun blanc osberc sasfret,</i><br /><i>Laciet sun elme, ki est a or gemmet,</i><br /><i> Ceinte Joiuse, unches ne fut sa per,</i><br /><i> Ki cascun jur muet.XXX. clartez.</i><br />"[Charlemagne] was wearing his fine white coat of mail and his helmet with gold-studded stones; by his side hung Joyeuse, and never was there a sword to match it; its colour changed thirty times a day."</p></blockquote> <p>Some seven hundred years later, <i><a href="/wiki/Bulfinch%27s_Mythology" title="Bulfinch's Mythology">Bulfinch's Mythology</a></i> described Charlemagne using <i>Joyeuse</i> to behead the <a href="/wiki/Saracen" title="Saracen">Saracen</a> commander <a href="/w/index.php?title=Corsuble&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Corsuble (page does not exist)">Corsuble</a> as well as to <a href="/wiki/Knight" title="Knight">knight</a> his comrade <a href="/wiki/Ogier_the_Dane" title="Ogier the Dane">Ogier the Dane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bulf_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bulf-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town of <a href="/wiki/Joyeuse,_Ard%C3%A8che" title="Joyeuse, Ardèche">Joyeuse</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Ard%C3%A8che" title="Ardèche">Ardèche</a>, is supposedly named after the sword: Joyeuse was allegedly lost in a battle and retrieved by one of the knights of Charlemagne; to thank him, Charlemagne granted him an <a href="/wiki/Appanage" title="Appanage">appanage</a> named Joyeuse.<sup id="cite_ref-bulf_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bulf-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Baligant" title="Baligant">Baligant</a>, a general of the <a href="/wiki/Saracens" class="mw-redirect" title="Saracens">Saracens</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Song_of_Roland" class="mw-redirect" title="The Song of Roland">The Song of Roland</a></i>, named his sword <a href="/wiki/Pr%C3%A9cieuse" title="Précieuse">Précieuse</a>, in order not to seem inferior to Charlemagne.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg/180px-Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg/270px-Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg/360px-Louis_XIV_of_France.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1390" data-file-height="1975" /></a><figcaption>Louis XIV with <i>Joyeuse</i> (Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coronation_sword_of_the_French_kings">Coronation sword of the French kings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joyeuse&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Coronation sword of the French kings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%C3%89p%C3%A9e_du_sacre_des_rois_de_France,_dite_Joyeuse_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_Objets_d%27art_MS_84.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/%C3%89p%C3%A9e_du_sacre_des_rois_de_France%2C_dite_Joyeuse_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_Objets_d%27art_MS_84.jpg/220px-%C3%89p%C3%A9e_du_sacre_des_rois_de_France%2C_dite_Joyeuse_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_Objets_d%27art_MS_84.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/%C3%89p%C3%A9e_du_sacre_des_rois_de_France%2C_dite_Joyeuse_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_Objets_d%27art_MS_84.jpg/330px-%C3%89p%C3%A9e_du_sacre_des_rois_de_France%2C_dite_Joyeuse_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_Objets_d%27art_MS_84.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/%C3%89p%C3%A9e_du_sacre_des_rois_de_France%2C_dite_Joyeuse_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_Objets_d%27art_MS_84.jpg/440px-%C3%89p%C3%A9e_du_sacre_des_rois_de_France%2C_dite_Joyeuse_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_Objets_d%27art_MS_84.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3420" data-file-height="2268" /></a><figcaption>Joyeuse displayed in the <a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>A sword identified with Charlemagne's <i>Joyeuse</i> was carried in front of the <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_the_French_monarch" title="Coronation of the French monarch">Coronation</a> processions for <a href="/wiki/French_king" class="mw-redirect" title="French king">French kings</a>, for the first time in 1270 (<a href="/wiki/Philip_III_of_France" title="Philip III of France">Philip III</a>), and for the last time in 1825 (at the <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_Charles_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Coronation of Charles X">Coronation of Charles X</a>). The sword was kept in the <a href="/wiki/Treasury_of_Saint-Denis" title="Treasury of Saint-Denis">Treasury of Saint-Denis</a> since at least 1505, before it was moved to the Louvre in 1793. </p><p>This <i>Joyeuse</i> as preserved today is a composite of various parts added over the centuries of use as coronation sword. But at the core, it consists of a medieval blade of <a href="/wiki/Oakeshott_typology" title="Oakeshott typology">Oakeshott type</a> XII, mostly dated from about the 10th century. <a href="/wiki/Martin_Conway,_1st_Baron_Conway_of_Allington" title="Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington">Martin Conway</a> argued the blade might date from the early 9th century, suggesting that it was indeed the sword of Charlemagne, while <a href="/wiki/Guy_Laking" class="mw-redirect" title="Guy Laking">Guy Laking</a> dated it to the early 13th century. Some authors<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> have even argued that the medieval blade may have indeed been replaced by a modern replica in 1804 when the sword was prepared for the <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_Napoleon" title="Coronation of Napoleon">coronation of Napoleon</a>. </p><p>The Louvre's official website dates the <a href="/wiki/Pommel_(sword)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pommel (sword)">pommel</a> from the 10th to 11th centuries, the <a href="/wiki/Crossguard" title="Crossguard">crossguard</a> to the 12th and the <a href="/wiki/Scabbard" title="Scabbard">scabbard</a> to the 13th century.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joyeuse&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Epee_sacre_fourreau_louvre.JPG/540px-Epee_sacre_fourreau_louvre.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Joyeuse</i> in the Louvre</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 305px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 300px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%22La_Joyeuse%22_-_The_French_Coronation_Sword_(32243734412).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Another view of same"><img alt="Another view of same" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%22La_Joyeuse%22_-_The_French_Coronation_Sword_%2832243734412%29.jpg/270px-%22La_Joyeuse%22_-_The_French_Coronation_Sword_%2832243734412%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%22La_Joyeuse%22_-_The_French_Coronation_Sword_%2832243734412%29.jpg/405px-%22La_Joyeuse%22_-_The_French_Coronation_Sword_%2832243734412%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%22La_Joyeuse%22_-_The_French_Coronation_Sword_%2832243734412%29.jpg/540px-%22La_Joyeuse%22_-_The_French_Coronation_Sword_%2832243734412%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5089" data-file-height="3393" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Another view of same</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 305px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 300px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D492-_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne_-liv3-ch5.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Detail of hilt"><img alt="Detail of hilt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/D492-_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne_-liv3-ch5.png/139px-D492-_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne_-liv3-ch5.png" decoding="async" width="139" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/D492-_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne_-liv3-ch5.png/208px-D492-_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne_-liv3-ch5.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/D492-_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne_-liv3-ch5.png/277px-D492-_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e_de_charlemagne_-liv3-ch5.png 2x" data-file-width="956" data-file-height="1240" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Detail of hilt</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 305px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 300px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The-crown-jewels-blaise-alexandre-desgoffe.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Couronne du sacre des rois de France by Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe, first exhibited at the Exposition universelle de 1878."><img alt="Couronne du sacre des rois de France by Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe, first exhibited at the Exposition universelle de 1878." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/The-crown-jewels-blaise-alexandre-desgoffe.jpg/234px-The-crown-jewels-blaise-alexandre-desgoffe.jpg" decoding="async" width="234" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/The-crown-jewels-blaise-alexandre-desgoffe.jpg/350px-The-crown-jewels-blaise-alexandre-desgoffe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/The-crown-jewels-blaise-alexandre-desgoffe.jpg/467px-The-crown-jewels-blaise-alexandre-desgoffe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="694" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Couronne du sacre des rois de France</i> by <a href="/wiki/Blaise_Alexandre_Desgoffe" title="Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe">Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe</a>, first exhibited at the <a href="/wiki/Exposition_Universelle_(1878)" title="Exposition Universelle (1878)">Exposition universelle de 1878</a>.</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading 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