Re: Glorious Portrait of Queen Anna Paulowna Archived Message
Posted by Johan  on February 7, 2014, 1:30 pm, in reply to "Re: Glorious Portrait of Queen Anna Paulowna"
Elisabeth was the granddaughter of two Romanov-grandduchesses. Her paternal grandmother was Maria Pavlovna and her maternal grandmother was Anna Pavlovna. Elisabeth may have inherited jewels from her mother Sophie of the Netherlands, grandduchess-consort of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach. If she did i don't know what happened to them after her death. Elisabeth of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach had the dubious honor of receiving a marriage proposal of her maternal uncle King Willem III. Once he met Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont he regretted the proposal. His sister Sophie and her husband Karl-Alexander had decided to let Elisabeth decide for herself if she wanted to accept. She chose to decline and soon afterwards her uncle travelled to Bad Arolsen to propose to and be accepted by princess Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont. Elisabeth herself married a Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin who became regent for his nephew after the death of his brother. The duke-regents baby (half-)brother married Elisabeth's first cousin Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
Im not aware of any important jewels Wilhelmina inherited from or was given by her Weimar-relatives other than the 5 stars her mother received as a weddinggift.
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: But she also left some jewels to her youngest
: daughter Elisabeth who herself died
: childless. Where did those jewels end up?
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: It's not. Most of Anna's jewels went to her
: daughter Sophie. A few (diamond and saphire)
: pieces went to her youngest son Hendrik and
: after his death they ended up with her
: oldest son. Willem III or his sons did not
: inherit any jewels directly from Anna
: Pavlovna.
: Most of the jewels with a Romanov origin in
: the Dutch collection came through Anna's
: sister Catherina Pavlovna. Her youngest
: daughter Sophie of Württemberg inherited
: several pieces and brought them with her.
: After her death some pieces were sold but
: most ended up with her youngest son
: Alexander and after his death with his
: father Willem III and halfsister Wilhelmina.
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: i wonder if this tiara is the same of the
: current dutch jewels collection
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