Posted by Maria Olivia on March 11, 2015, 5:12 am, in reply to "Re: To Arhur"
Great Thanks Arthur , so her jewels were not Princess Clementine's. They are pictures of Marie Clotilde and Alix attending King Baudouin 2 Pre-Weddings Events. I cannot find them .
--Previous Message-- : Thank you, Karlimagnus. : : Maria-Olivia, I have very little pictures of : Princess Alix Napoleon wearing jewels and : none of Countess de Witt. : : Alix de Foresta, (Dowager) Princess : Napoleon: : : : : : There is also a larger picture of Princess : Alix Napoleon on page 48 of Christophe : Vachaudez's book Bijoux des Reines et : Princesses de Belgique . : : According to Christophe Vachaudez, the : diamond necklace worn by Princess Alix : Napoleon on the two pictures above comes : from her husband's paternal grandmother, : Clotilde of Savoy, not from Clementine of : Belgium. : : Princess Alix Napoleon also wears sometimes : a beautiful three-row pearl necklace with an : amethyst clasp, and a pair of pearl and : diamond earrins. I do not know the origin of : these pearls: : : : : A larger picture here (with the amethyst : clasp visible): : http://cfsvenise.org/bienvenue/wp-content/gallery/documents-export-2011-10-12/_LCS4049%20%281%29.jpg : : Singa, Belgium has, as far as I know, an : inheritance system based on the Napoleonic : Civil Code, which gives equal rights to each : child of a deceased person. As there did not : seem to be an official Foundation, or Crown : Jewels collection belonging to the Belgian : State, the jewels were private property of : the Belgian Kings or Queens, and therefore : were part of the private estate which was to : be shared among the children. Empress : Charlotte of Mexico inherited the bulk of : her mother's (Queen Louise) jewels, but the : whereabouts of these jewels are unknown. The : daughters of King Leopold II, of the (first) : Count of Flanders, Queen Marie-Josée of : Italy (daughter of Albert I) and : Grand-Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of : Luxembourg (daughter of Leopold III) each : also inherited their share of their : respective mother's jewels, thus depriving : the Belgian Crown of nice jewellery pieces. : : Yet, Queen Louise's last will mentioned a : ruby parure which she considered being not : hers, but the King's property (thus a kind : of family jewels). And Queen Marie-Henriette : bequeathed in her last will several of her : jewels (notably the diamond tiara given to : her by the Belgian ladies for her silver : wedding) " to be joined to the jewels : called 'Family jewels' or 'Crown jewels' : ". I do not know about the exact status : of these 'Family/Crown Jewels'. Anyway, : Leopold II ignored his wife's last will, and : retained her jewels. : : King Leopold II tried, in the last years of : his life, to settle a Family Foundation, the : Niederfüllbach Foundation, based in Coburg, : in Germany. He gave to the Foundation the : Family Ruby Parure mentioned above, a : diamond riviere with pendants and silver : plates. This was apparently perceived as a : way to deprive his daughters, from which he : was quite estranged, from their inheritance. : The three daughters sued their father's : decision, and could finally receive the : jewels... unfortunately for the current : Belgian sovereigns! : : :
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