List of historical swords

List of historical swords

This is a list of real famous named swords.
* Curtana - the sword of English king Edward the Confessor , thereafter used at the coronation of later kings.
* Grus- The sword of Boleslaw Krzywousty (Boleslaus the Wrymouthed), medieval prince of Poland.
* Joyeuse - The sword of Charlemagne (Charles the Great), the famed medieval king of the Franks and first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
* Kusanagi-no-tsurugi (草薙の剣) / Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi (天叢雲剣 lit. Sword of the heaven of the clustering clouds) / Kusanagi ("Grasscutter" or more probably "sword of snake"). It may also be called Tsumugari no Tachi (都牟刈の太刀) - Both a mythical and real sword of equivalent importance to Japan as Excalibur is to England.
* Leg-biter - A gaddhjalt sword of the viking King Magnus Barelegs killed in battle at County Down in 1103.
* Empress Jitō was handed the Sugari no Ontachi (須賀利御太刀) as part of the regalia.
* Szczerbiec - The sword of Polish kings.
* Zulfiqar (Thul fiqar) - The legendary two-tipped sword of Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib.
* Tizona and Colada - the swords of El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar).

ee also

* List of fictional swords
*List of mythical objects


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