Re: Princess Victoria of Hesse - Ursula's pages Archived Message
Posted by LauraM on August 27, 2012, 7:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Princess Victoria of Hesse - Ursula's pages"
Hello Nellie I have worked with Ursula on researching the jewels given as wedding gifts to Princess Victoria of Hesse. The tiara portrayed in the links below is not an amethyst and diamond tiara given to the bride by the Queen Dowager of Bavaria, rather it is the sapphire and diamond tiara given to the Princess by her in-laws, Prince Alexander of Hesse and Princess Julie of Battenberg. The identification of the tiara as being the gift of the Dowager Queen is based upon an illustration from The Graphic (10 May 1884 p6). However, in the following week's edition of the The Graphic (17 May 1884 p8) the following correction appeared: NOTE--In our engraving last week of the wedding presents of the Princess of Battenberg, the illustration entitled "Tiara of Diamonds and Amethysts, the Gift of Queen Marie of Bavaria," should have been described as "Tiara of Diamonds and Sapphires, the Gift of the Bridegrooms' Parents." Queen Victoria recorded in her journal that Princess Victoria wore the diamond and sapphire tiara, the gift of her parents-in-law, with her late mother's wedding veil on her wedding day. Ursula is very busy at the moment and hasn't had time to update her pages to reflect my latest research. It was quite exciting to find the correction. Laura http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/battenberg-milford-haven/milford-haven-jewels.htm http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/battenberg-milford-haven/victoria-hessen-tiara.htm --Previous Message-- : : Ursula has a number of pages that are : relevant I believe. Links follow. : First, is the star tiara I mentioned before, : but I did not explain that this gift from : Princess Louise to her goddaughter Victoria : was : to replace the one Victoria lost by : leaving her jewels in Russia. : : The stars : : http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/battenberg-milford-haven/victoria-hessen-tiara.htm : : http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/battenberg-milford-haven/mountbatten-star-tiara.htm : : http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/battenberg-milford-haven/victoria-milford-haven.htm : : http://www.royal-magazin.de/england/battenberg-milford-haven/milford-haven-jewels.htm : :
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