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Croatian Royal Council
Consilium Regium Croaticum
Hrvatsko kraljevsko vijeće
AbbreviationCRC
FormationFebruary 23, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-02-23)
Registration no.21013876
Legal statusNGO
HeadquartersZagreb
Membership
1600
Websitehttps://kraljevsko-vijece.wixsite.com/hkrv/english
Relief of King Demetrius Zvonimir with the Croatian crown, symbol of Croatian monarchism

Croatian Royal Council (CRC) (lat. Consilium Regium Croaticum), is an organisation which brings together citizens and nobles who support the preservation and development of our millennial heritage and history of Croatian Kingdoms, Principalities and Banovinas (Banates). Preserving our noble, civil, national and regional culture, tradition and art, our Central European and Mediterranean heritage and our Christian foundations.The name is based on the historical Royal Council of the Kingdom of Dalmatia, Croatia and Slavonia (Latin: Consilium Regium Croaticum) which was founded in 1767. The Croatian Royal Council is the largest monarchist and nobility organisation in Croatia, which membership and supporters numbers 1600 members. The CRC promotes traditionalism, legitimism and Catholic social teaching.[1]

The Croatian Royal Council was founded as a pre-association in 2013. and operates since then,[2] after the founding assembly on December 5, 2019, it was registered as a non-political and non-governmental association entered in the register of associations on June 10, 2020.

CRC members during a WW1 comemoration in Zagreb

CRC goals

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CRC members with royal flags

The association advocates for the promotion of the thousand-year-old tradition of Croatian kingdoms, principalities and banovies and for the preservation of Croatian cultural and historical heritage. As part of the association's work, they advocate for organizing and participating in cultural and artistic events with the aim of bringing culture and art closer to young people and encouraging them to participate in such activities. Among the group's goals are development and publishing in the fields of history, genealogy, heraldry and vexillology. The desire to connect and cooperate with related domestic and international noble and monarchist organizations and institutions that strive to achieve common goals is also highlighted.[3]

Membership

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CRC and SGO members during a WW1 commemoration in Vienna

Any adult in the Republic of Croatia who meets the requirements for membership can become a member of the Croatian Royal Council.[4] In addition to citizens, members of former noble families can also request an admission letter to the House of Nobility of the CRC by submission appropriate documentation and genealogical proof.[5]

Departments of the CRC

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*The Royal Table (leadership of the CRC)

*House of nobility

*Department for heraldry, genealogy and phaleristics

*Department for historical and cultural antiquities

*Department of Culture, Art and Architecture

*Department for humanitarian, social and social activities

*Department for tenders and organizational cooperation

*Department for International Relations, Orders and Organisations *Croatian Royal Academic Club (university students)

Gebetsliga Croatia

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CRC members with the relics of Blessed Charles IV on the royal throne

*King Charles IV. prayer league for peace among nations (abbreviated: Gebetsliga Croatia) is a separate and independent department within the CRC that operates on the principle of a Catholic lay organization with the aim of promoting faith and spirituality, prayer groups and intentions for the canonization of blessed Charles IV. It began in 2014 as a prayer group, and from December 15, 2023, the Croatian Gebetsliga was founded, which is a member of the international Catholic lay organization Gebetsliga, i.e. the Emperor Karl League of Prayers for Peace among Nations. During its establishment, it had several dozen laymen and two priests.[6]

Committee for the celebration of the 1100th anniversary of the Croatian Kingdom

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Committee for the celebration of the 1100th anniversary of the Croatian Kingdom is an independent committee of the CRC with the aim of organizing and monitoring the celebration of the 1100th anniversary of the Kingdom of Croatia in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Syrmia, Bay of Cattaro and the countries of the Croatian diaspora. The Committee was created on the model of the historical Committee from 1925, it is a non-political and non-partisan project that connects three basic determinants of the state-historical continuity of the Kingdom of Croatia from 925 to 1918, the thousand-year-old Croatian culture and the Catholic tradition among Croats. It was founded in 2020, its president is the archaeologist Vladimir Sokol,Ph.D. and consists of three departments.[7]

Notable members

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Charles A. Coulombe

Vladimir Sokol (archaeologist)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Načela osnivača HKRV (O nama)".
  2. ^ "Godišnjak : 1,1(2019) / Hrvatsko kraljevsko vijeće ; glavni i odgovorni urednik Borna Kuri". digitalna.nsk.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  3. ^ "ABOUT US". hkrv. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  4. ^ "Članstvo / HKRV". hkrv. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  5. ^ "Učlanjenje plemstva / HKRV". hkrv. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  6. ^ HKRV (2023-12-19). "Gebetsliga established in Croatia!". hkrv. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  7. ^ "NASLOVNA". Odbor 925. - 2025. Retrieved 2024-10-01.