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Empress Josephine Tiara - Leuchtenberg drop tiara

Posted by Hans <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Hans' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 20, 2023, 8:52 am

Found this on instragram.

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Posted by Cynthia <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=cynthia' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 20, 2023, 9:06 am, in reply to "Empress Josephine Tiara - Leuchtenberg drop tiara "

What's the context? Is this from a movie or TV series, because I don't recognize the lady.

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Posted by Knightship <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Knightship' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 20, 2023, 9:22 am, in reply to "Re: Empress Josephine Tiara - Leuchtenberg drop tiara "

It is from season 2 of «The Gilded Age», by Julian Fellowes.

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What's the context? Is this from a movie or TV series, because I don't recognize the lady.

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Posted by Stefan <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Stefan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 20, 2023, 1:09 pm, in reply to "Empress Josephine Tiara - Leuchtenberg drop tiara "

And the belgian Rf let it it go. Would have been a great addition to their collection

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Found this on instragram.

Stefan

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Posted by Hans <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Hans' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 20, 2023, 1:19 pm, in reply to "Re: Empress Josephine Tiara - Leuchtenberg drop tiara "

Would look great on Mathilde!

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Posted by Cynthia <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=cynthia' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 20, 2023, 1:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Empress Josephine Tiara - Leuchtenberg drop tiara "

Holy cow! The gorgeous piece is reduced to being a prop. Does anyone know who actually owns it now?

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It is from season 2 of «The Gilded Age», by Julian Fellowes.

Re: Empress Josephine Tiara - Leuchtenberg drop tiara - I do not think it is the original!

Posted by Glenn <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Glenn' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 20, 2023, 2:30 pm, in reply to "Re: Empress Josephine Tiara - Leuchtenberg drop tiara "

The original is smaller:

https://www.thecourtjeweller.com/2016/06/the-leuchtenberg-faberge-tiara.html

https://www.tiara-mania.com/2011/11/empress-josephine-tiara.html

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Posted by Johan <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Johan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 21, 2023, 1:03 am, in reply to "Re: Empress Josephine Tiara - Leuchtenberg drop tiara "

the tiara was bought by King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth and given to their younger son Charles, Count of Flanders so a future Countess of Flanders would have a tiara to wear.
He never had a countess at his side and left the tiara in his will to his sister Marie-Jose, former queen of Italy. It would have been better had he left it to his nephew Albert (II) but both he and his brother Leopold III decided to leave their main tiara to the woman most important in their life rather than to the dynasty.

I believe Maria Gabriella of Savoy inherited most of the Belgian jewels of her mother (the Leuchtenberg drop tiara, the Pearl tiara of Stephanie of Baden with earrings made to match for Marie-Jose as well as the Turquoise set inherited from the first countess of Flanders Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen). She needed to money and sold them.

It would have been better if the main Belgian line had bought these pieces and Queen Elisabeth's Cartier tiara.

It would have given Mathilde more options and this Leuchtenberg drop tiara might have made a stunning piece for the Duchess of Brabant.

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Would look great on Mathilde!

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Posted by Maria Olivia <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Maria+Olivia' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 21, 2023, 5:26 pm, in reply to "Re: Empress Josephine Tiara - Leuchtenberg drop tiara "

Prince Charles hated his Brother Leopold and his descendents. He gave this tiara to his sister Marie Josée in her old age , so she never wore it. Did Princess Marie Gabrielle speak about these 2 tiaras to his cousins Baudouin and Albert before selling them ?

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Posted by Johan <iframe src='https://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/info/user=Johan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2023, 1:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Empress Josephine Tiara - Leuchtenberg drop tiara "

I don't know if she is that close to her Belgian relatives. I think she may not have informed anyone else than her daughter. If my information is correct Maria Gabriella needed to sell the jewels to settle a tax bill.

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