Re: Wedding gifts to Princess Helena in 1882 Archived Message
Posted by Ashdean  on April 27, 2014, 3:11 pm, in reply to "Wedding gifts to Princess Helena in 1882"
The necklace she is wearing in the Pic turned up a few years ago when the American bride of the current heir to the House of Saxe Gotha Coburg wore it on her wedding day. Thus the necklace must have passed via Helena's son Charles Edward last Duke od S G C
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: The photo shows Princess Helena of Waldeck and
: Pyrmont, Duchess of Albany on her weddingday
: : 27th April 1882.
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: The dress was made in Paris, commissioned by
: her sister Emma, the Queen Consort of the
: Netherlands.
: The gown was made of white satin, decorated
: with traditional orange blossom and myrtle
: and the short drop sleeves adorned with the
: Royal Family Order of the Royal Order of
: Victoria and Albert and the Companion of the
: Order of the Crown of India pinned to the
: left.
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: Helena received large diamond sprays from
: her sister & brother-in-law the King and
: Queen of the Netherlands.
: She wore these as tiara and brooch on her
: wedding day.
: She also received a diamond necklace and sun
: rays which she wore as brooches from her
: parents.
: Her groom had given her a diamond necklace,
: a large diamond star, a ruby bracelet, a
: ruby and diamond bracelet, sapphire and
: diamond earrings.
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