Louis XIV with Joyeuse (Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701) Coronation sword of the French kings Ī sword identified with Charlemagne's Joyeuse was carried in front of the Coronation processionals for French kings, for the first time in 1270 ( Philip III), and for the last time in 1824 ( Charles X). īaligant, a general of the Saracens in The Song of Roland, named his sword Précieuse, in order not to seem inferior to Charlemagne. The town of Joyeuse, in Ardèche, 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 appanage named Joyeuse. Some seven hundred years later, Bulfinch's Mythology described Charlemagne using Joyeuse to behead the Saracen commander Corsuble as well as to knight his comrade Ogier the Dane. " 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." The 11th century Song of Roland describes the sword thus: 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.'" Ī 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. The blade may have been smithed from the same materials as Roland's Durendal and Ogier's Curtana. Some legends claim Joyeuse was forged to contain the Lance of Longinus within its pommel. Its total weight is 1.630 kg (3.59 pounds).
The overall height of the sword is 105 cm ( 41 + 1⁄ 3 in) with the blade portion making up 82.8 cm ( 32 + 3⁄ 5 in) of that. Joyeuse exhibited with its 13th century sheath at the Musée de Cluny in 2012.
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