It's fantastic to think a tiara once worn by Queen Maria II of Portugal was used decades and decades later by Princess Birgitta of Sweden.
--Previous Message-- : Just found a bigger picture I would like to : share : : : http://www.pbase.com/diasdosreis/image/140394105/original : : I really am convinced that Queen Maria II of : Portugal's tiara went to the Hohenzollerns : via the marriage between her daughter : Antónia and Prince Leopold of : Hohenzollern-Siegmarigen, and it was the : same tiara worn by Pss Brigitta at the : danish wedding about 120 years after it was : portraited on the queen. Fantastic! : The shape and number, seven, of the spikes : in the tiara on the Queen's portrait matches : perfectly what is seen in the pictures. : Just wonderful being able to confirm this, I : sincerely hope that this glitering piece of : history still remains in the family. : : The portrait is in the Ajuda National Palace : in Lisbon, and not at the Necessidades : Palace as I posted previously. : : : : : --Previous Message-- : I've been puzzling with this tiara for a : long : time, but I am quite convinced it did in : fact came from Queen Maria II of Portugal. : It's a pity I could never found a bigger : version of the Queen's portrait or any notes : on it, but the tiara in it seems to be a : match to the one Pss Brigitta wore. : : As far as I know this was the only time it : was worn by Pss Brigitta, and I have no : pictures or portraits of other Hohenzollern : princesses wearing it. Maybe it's because : this tiara doesn't seem to be very : "easy" to wear due to its rather : unusual design, it asks for an upright airdo : (like the Pss has) to make it work. : : The origin of the tiara also puzzles me. It : could have been made for Queen Dona Maria II : or it could have been inherited from her : mother, the unfortunate Empress Leopoldina : of Brazil, born archduchess of Austria. I : really cannot define its style, but I would : say possibly early XIX... : : I do wish that this tiara still remains with : the Hohenzollerns. I find this piece really : interesting because if it proves to be : correct that indeed belonged to the : portuguese queen, then it is one of the few : portuguese jewels from that time that have : survived to present day. : : Queen Maria II two daughters married german : princes. Infanta Maria Ana married the : future king of Saxony (she died before : becoming queen), Infanta Antónia married the : Hereditary Prince of : Hohenzollern-Siegmaringen, and both of them : took the jewels they inherited from their : mother to their new countries, so part of : the queen of Portugal jewelry passed to the : descend of the Saxony and Hohenzollern : families. : : The faith of the jewelry that remained in : Portugal was as tragic as the faith of the : royal family... After the early death of : Queen Maria's eldest son, king Dom Pedro V : (he was in his 20's), his brother Dom Luis : became the next King of Portugal. He married : Maria Pia of Savoy, who became very popular : for her charitable work but also known for : spending fortunes in luxurious clothing. : Queen Maria Pia had almost all of the : jewelry from her late mother-in-law, and : also from previous queens, completely : dismantled and reset in new jewels to her : personal taste. All the grander pieces : contemporary of Queen Maria II (a big : diamond leaf tiara, a stunning saphire set, : a huge emerald corsage brooch from the : XVIIIth century...) were gone forever. Most : likely the only ones that survived were the : jewels in possession of her daughters : descend. : The portuguese crown was far from being rich : and in the late XIX early XXth century, the : queen was heavily indebt... More than 100 : items of jewelry, including tiaras, : necklaces, brooches, were sold in auction. : Only the jewels property of the crown : remained and are still today property of the : state. The country was in a turmoil and : shortly after the king and the crownprince : were assassinated... : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Great news Cristina ! Thank you so much for : sharing it, I'd never heard about this till : now, I always looked for Hohenzollern : Sigmaringen line in my researchs. : The tiara shown in the Portuguese : Parliament site looks very similar to : Birgitta's one and the emeralds adorning it : indicates that it is probably the same one. : Now I'm wondering why she never wore it : again, perhaps the tiara belongs to the : Fűrst von H-S her then brother-in-law ? : Anyway intersting ! : : --Previous Message-- : I have no confirmed notes for this but I am : quite convinced for a long time that : Princess Brigitta's tiara could have : portuguese royal origin, from her husband's : ancestor Infanta Antónia of Portugal. Her : mother, Queen Maria II of Portugal, was : portraited in a very similar tiara, the : portrait belongs to the collection of the : Necessidades Palace in Lisbon. The Queen : also wears other emerald jewels in the : portrait. : Here is a link to the small image on the : Portuguese Parliament site, scroll down and : click on the image to make it a bit bigger : : : : : : http://www.parlamento.pt/Parlamento/Paginas/AMonarquiaConstitucional.aspx : : The tiara in the portrait seems in all : similar to the one Pss Brigitta wore, the : design of diamond triangular shaped high : motifs and an emerald in the front motif. : Not a very usual design. : Most likely (and again with no confirmed : sources) Infanta Antónia inherited the tiara : (and perhaps some other jewelry) at the : death of her mother the Queen of Portugal, : who died at the age of 34 while giving birth : to her 11th child. Infanta Antónia was a : young girl at that time. When she married : the Prince of Hohenzollern-Siegmaringen she : took her beloved mother's tiara with her to : her new country, and passed it to her : descend. : : : : --Previous Message-- : GD Josephine Charlotte mystery tiara which : had : been discussed many times was a floral : diamond tiara with what seems to be emerald : stones as she wore it along with her VCA : emerald necklace tiara. Here she chatted : with Princess Marina and Prince Harald : : : : : Now my guess is that it was a loan from a : jeweller to match with her necklace, : earrings and bracelet. : : : Looking closely at Pcess Birgitta of Sweden, : I recall that it was said at that time that : her tiara had also some emeralds . Perhaps : the tiara came from The Hohenzollern : Sigmaringen heirloom. Could someone give any : information about it ? The Bernadotte : emerald necklace now with Queen Silvia : adorned her neck. : Anyway her hairdo is gorgeous, she enhances : her tiara perfectly. And her dress is of the : same green color as that of Princess : Caroline Mathilde of Denmark who is just on : her left ! : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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