Why did Joseph II move the Hungarian crown to Vienna?

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Portrait painting of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, wearing a black and red military coat with medals and a sash, with St. Peter's Basilica visible in the background. — Joseph II Joseph II, Holy Roman emperor, detail of a painting by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, 1769; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Joseph II moved the sacred crown of Hungary to Vienna because he refused to undergo a traditional coronation in Hungary. By avoiding the ceremony, he sought to bypass the requirement to swear an oath to uphold the existing Hungarian laws, which he did not wish to follow.12