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    Re: Belgian Tiara Archived Message

    Posted by slavon on December 31, 2012, 9:05 am, in reply to "Re: Belgian Tiara"


    thanks for the answer!
    --Previous Message--
    : Several of the jewels of Marie, countess of
    : Flanders were stolen from the palace she and
    : her husband lived in.
    : Not all of them were retrieved. Among the
    : stolen pieces were a diamond tiara and the
    : big emerald brooch and pendant. The brooch
    : returned to the countess as she left it to
    : her daughter-in-law Queen Elisabeth. The
    : tiara in the photo may be one of the
    : unretrieved pieces.
    :
    : The diamond and pearl coronet from her
    : mother was left to the countess' daughter
    : the Duchess of Vend�me and the pearl tiara
    : from Stephanie de Beauharnais went to her
    : granddaughter Marie-Jos�.
    : This beautiful piece was inherited by
    : Marie's aunt who married her cousin prince
    : Gustav Wasa. Their daughter Carola Wasa
    : became queen of Saxony and wore it as well.
    : When she died without offspring the tiara
    : went to her first cousin Marie. She gave it
    : to her granddaughter who wore it often and a
    : pair of earrings were added to the tiara.
    : The tiara itself got an extention so the
    : princess could wear in on her forhead in the
    : typical 1920's style. One of Marie-Jos�'s
    : daughters inherited it and auctioned the
    : jewel off. Today it's displayed in the
    : castle at Mannheim where the original owner,
    : Stephanie de Beauharnais, grand duchess of
    : Baden, spent a lot of her time.
    :
    : --Previous Message--
    : I would say: if this was a bridal diadem,
    : then
    : maybe it was a Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
    : diadem and is still in that House (or lost
    : due to War, communist occupation or
    : auction)?
    :
    : If it was a gift to Princess Marie Luise von
    : Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen for her marriage to
    : Prince Albert of Belgium, it is very
    : difficult to trace since her daughter
    : Henriette Marie married into the House of
    : Orl�ans or maybe it came back into the House
    : of Hohenzollern by the marriage of her
    : youngest daughter Jos�phine. It looks like a
    : very nice diadem anyway.
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