I found a Norwegian and Swedish news report from 1958 regarding Princess Ingeborg’s last will and testament:
She made a 14 page(!) addendum to her last will, specifying who would inherit her jewels.
Given that Ingeborg gave away several jewels when she was alive (at least the emerald parure to CP Martha, Duchess Pauline’s gold parure to Princess Astrid of Norway and Queen Louise’s diamond and pearl pendant to her daughter in law Countess Elsa von Rosen), she must have had a very large jewels collection.
The news report also noted that jewels not mentioned in the addendum should be divided «friendly» between the survivers. Princess Margaretha of Denmark and Prince Carl Bernadotte were the only surviving children of Ingeborg, so Carl must have inherited his «fair share» of his mother’s «minor» jewels.
If only we could get access to Ingeborg’s addendum, we could solve what were inherited by her Belgium grandchildren - but I guess that is only wishful thinking…
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Thanks for sharing this great pictures I never saw.
Prince Georg sold her Mother's loop tiara which belonged to Princess Marie. , but he gave to
Princess Anne's Daughter Lady Anson a tiara.
Count Fleming and Countess Ruth Chldren sold their Mothers tiara from Princess Viggo. Did they sold her Opal tiara ??
Princess Ingeborg pendant was never seen anymore
Alas not a lot of Princess Ingeborg jewels for her belgian Grand Chldren ..
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I found this HD photo of Princess Ingeborg where one can see the details of her pendant.
I don’t know if the dark centre stone is an emerald, but at some point it must have been changed to a turquoise:
Both Princess Margaretha and Countess Ruth wore it as a brooch with the turquoise star tiara. (As did CP Martha to King Gustaf V’s 80th birthday).
Are there any recent photos of this pendant/brooch? Is it still with the Rosenborgs?
on July 15, 2022, 1:46 pm
