Braganca tiara Norwegian state visit 1992 pic Archived Message
Posted by Monica on November 15, 2012, 1:15 am, in reply to "Sweden: New info about the Brazilian / Braganca tiara"
--Previous Message-- : Trond N. Isaksen has posted an entry on his : blog about the Brazilian tiara in the : Bernadotte collection, including some : fascinating new information about this : grandest piece in the Swedish royal vaults. : Link: : : http://trondni.blogspot.de/2012/11/royal-jewels-brazilian-tiara.html : : Excerpts: : “The Brazilian author Claudia Thome Witte, : who is writing a biography of Empress : Amélie, has recently revealed that the tiara : was a wedding present to her from her : husband, Emperor Pedro I, in 1829. : The diamonds had originally belonged to the : Emperor’s first wife, Leopoldina, née : Archduchess of Austria, and been inherited : by their children following the Empress’s : death in 1826. Pedro acquired the diamonds : by assuming a debt in bonds as compensation : to the children and presented the tiara to : his new bride, who first wore it for the : hand-kissing ceremony following her wedding. : Empress Amélie wrote to her mother, Dowager : Duchess Auguste Amalie of Leuchtenberg, that : “the tiara [was set] with the best Brazilian : diamonds in various sizes and [of] so pure : clarity that [they] seemed made of water”. : : In the inventory of Queen Josefina of Sweden : and Norway “which was drawn up after her : death in 1876, the tiara and a matching : necklace, a brooch and a pair of earrings : are valued at 248,000 SEK, making it by far : the most expensive parure in the inventory – : the so-called Leuchtenberg sapphires are, : for comparison, valued at 69,500 SEK, and : the emerald parure now in Norway at 41,000 : SEK.” : : : : : :
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