All contemporary historians speak enthusiastically of this magnificent fete.

Its details have been immortalised by Giotto in the frescoes of the church which from this day bore the name of L'Incoronata.

A general amnesty was declared for all who had taken part in the late wars on either side, and the king and queen were greeted with shouts of joy as they solemnly paraded beneath the canopy, with all the barons of the kingdom in their train.
But the day's joy was impaired by an accident which to a superstitious people seemed of evil augury.

Louis of Tarentum, riding a richly caparisoned horse, had just passed the Porta Petruccia, when some ladies looking out from a high window threw such a quantity of flowers at the king that his frightened steed reared and broke his rein.

Louis could not hold him, so jumped lightly to the ground; but the crown fell at his feet and was broken into three pieces.