That's not what Akkerman said. He said Sophie received it from the Prussian King in the 19th century. Not via, via, via, via......
--Previous Message-- : Maybe the pearl collier came into the House of : Württemberg via the alliance Orange-Nassau x : Braunschweig-Wolffenbüttel (on itself a : house with many Prussia alliances). : : Queen Sophie's grandmother was a sister of : the Erbprinz Karl von : Braunschweig-Wolffenbüttel, Duke of : Braunschweig and Lüneburg. By virtue of this : marriage Queen Sophie's grandmother was also : a sister-in-law to the Erbprinzessin Louise, : born Princess of Orange-Nassau. : : Queen Sophie herself would marry Willem III. : His mother Anna Pavlovna was a sister to her : mother Catharina Pavlovna. : : Extremely close and complicated connections. : I think that the guess of Martijn Akkerman : that the pearl collier returned from Prussia : back into the Orange-Nassau collection via : Queen Sophie is a plausible one. : :