Empress Josephine of France's Cameo Tiara

Creation: The tiara was created by Marie-Etienne Nitot in 1809. 

Materials: pearls and seven cameos set in gold

Queen Hortense

Queen Josephine

Queen Josephine

Provenance:

1. Empress Joséphine of France née Tascher de la Pagerie and later de Beauharnais; from her husband, Emperor Napoleon
2. Prince Eugène, Duke of Leuchtenberg; inherited from his mother in 1814
3. Queen Joséphine of Sweden & Norway née Princess of Leuchtenberg; from her father on the occasion of her 1823 marriage to King Oscar I of Sweden & Norway
4. Princess Eugénie of Sweden; inherited from her mother in 1876
5. Prince Eugen of Sweden, Duke of Närke; inherited from his aunt in 1889
6. Princess Sibylla of Sweden, Duchess of Västerbotten née Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; from her husband's great-uncle on the occasion of her 1932 marriage to Prince Gustaf Adolf
7. Queen Silvia of Sweden nee Sommerlath; inherited by her husband, King Carl XVI Gustaf, from his mother in 1972 and given to her after their 1976 marriage

Crown Princess Margaret

Princess Sibylla

Queen Ingrid

Other Wearers:

• Queen Hortense of Holland née de Beauharnais; borrowed from her mother Empress Josephine
• Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden née Princess of Connaught; often borrowed from her husband's uncle, Prince Eugen
• Queen Ingrid of Denmark née Princess of Sweden; borrowed in 1933 from her sister-in-law, Princess Sibylla of Sweden, for a charity costume ball where she was dressed as Queen Josephine of Sweden
• Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Princess of Hohenzollern; at her 1961 wedding to Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern
• Princess Désirée of Sweden, Baroness Silfverschiöld; at her 1964 wedding to Baron Nils August Silfverschiöld
• Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden; at her 2010 wedding to Daniel Westling

Princess Birgitta

Queen Silvia

Princess Desiree

Links:

• Trond Norén Isaksen - Cameo Tiara
• Trond Norén Isaksen - An Interesting Article On The Cameo Diadem
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Cameo Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Cameo Tiara
• Bijoux Royaux En Folie - The Cameo Tiara
• The Royal Watcher - Swedish Cameo Parure
• Tesouras & Tiaras - Emperess Josephine's Cameo Parure
• Lilibet's Handbag - The Cameo Tiara
• The Practical Gemologist - The Swedish Cameo Tiara
• All Things Royal - The Cameo Tiara
• Mis Joyas Reales - Cameo Tiara

Queen Silvia

Crown Princess Victoria

Empress Eugénie of France's Pearl Diadem

Creation: This tiara was made in 1853 by Gabriel Lemonnier using jewels from the French Crown collection that were previously used by Empress Marie Louise of France and Princess Marie Therese, Duchesse d' Angouleme.

Materials: 212 pearls and 1998 diamonds set in silver

Empress Eugenie

Princess Margrethe Klementine

Provenance:

1. Empress Eugénie of France; from her husband Emperor Napoleon III on the occasion of their 1853 marriage
2. French State Treasury; the tiara was kept at Brest, France from 1870 to 1872 along with the rest of the crown jewels and then moved to a vault at the Ministry of Finance, it was displayed at the 1878 Exposition Universelle and at the Musée du Louvre in 1884

   

   Princess Gloria

3. Julius Jacob; bought at an auction of the French crown jewels by the National Assembly in May 1887 for 78,100 French Francs
4. Princess Margarethe Klementine of Thurn und Taxis; from her husband, Prince Albert I, on the occasion of their 1890 marriage
5. Prince Franz Joseph of Thurn und Taxis; inherited from his mother in 1955
6. Prince Karl August of Thurn und Taxis; inherited from his brother in 1971
7. Princess Gloria of Thurn und Taxis; from her father-in-law on the occasion of her 1980 marriage to Prince Johannes but later sold to pay inheritance taxes after the death of her husband
8. Musée du Louvre; bought by the Friends of the Louvre in 1992 for 935,000 Deutsch Mark

Links:

• Louvre Museum - Tiara of Empress Eugenie
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Empress Eugénie's Pearl and Diamond Tiara
• Royal Magazin - Pearl Diadem
• The Court Jeweller - Empress Eugenie's Pearl Tiara
• Jenni Wiltz - Empress Eugénie’s Pearl and Diamond Tiara
• The Practical Gemologist - Empress Eugénie’s Pearl and Diamond Tiara

Photos: Louvre

Queen Mary of the United Kingdom's Lover's Knot Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made in 1913 by E. Wolff & Co. for Garrard using diamonds and pearls from the Ladies of England Tiara, pearls from the top of the Girls of Great Britain & Ireland Tiara and a few more pearls from other pieces of jewelry. It was modeled after a tiara owned by Queen Mary's grandmother, Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge, and she later had the top row of pearls removed.

Queen Mary

Queen Mary

Materials: diamonds and 19 hanging pearls set in silver and gold

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II

Provenance:

1. Queen Mary of the United Kingdom née Princess of Teck
2. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom; inherited from her grandmother in 1953

Princess Diana

Princess Diana

Other Wearers:

• Diana, Princess of Wales, née Lady Diana Spencer; given to her on the occasion of her 1981 marriage and given back to Queen Elizabeth after her divorce in 1995
• Duchess of Cambridge née Catherine Middleton

Duchess of Cambridge

Duchess of Cambridge

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Cambridge Lover's Knot Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Queen Mary's Lover's Knot Tiara
• The Royal Watcher - Queen Mary's Lover's Knot Tiara 
• All Things Royal - Queen Mary's Lover's Knot Tiara
• Mis Joyas Reales - Cambridge Tiara

Photos: The Royal Collection/Tiaras - A History of Splendour

Princess Louise of the Netherlands' Pearl Poiré Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made in Berlin in 1825. Queen Louise of Denmark left it to the Danish Royal Property Trust 1926 which means that is always belongs to the reigning monarch and cannot be sold or given away. 

Princess Louise

Queen Louise

Materials: 18 pear shaped pearls and diamonds

Queen Alexandrine

Queen Ingrid

Provenance:

1. Princess Louise of the Netherlands née Princess of Prussia; from her father, King Freidrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, on the occasion of her 1825 marriage to Prince Frederik of the Netherlands
2. Queen Louise of Sweden & Norway née Princess of the Netherlands; inherited from her mother in 1870
3. Queen Louise of Denmark née Princess of Sweden; inherited from her mother in 1871
4. Danish Royal Property Trust; left by Queen Louise in 1926

Queen Margrethe

Queen Margrethe

Other Wearers:

• Queen Alexandrine of Denmark née Duchess of of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• Queen Ingrid of Denmark née Princess of Sweden
• Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
• Princess Margaretha of Denmark née Princess of Sweden; at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in 1952

Queen Margrethe

Queen Margrethe

Questions:

• Which jeweler created this tiara?

Queen Margrethe

Princess Margaretha

Queen Margrethe

Links:

• Trond Norén Isaksen - Poiré Pearl Tiara
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Pearl Poiré Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - The Pearl Poiré Tiara
• The Practical Gemologist - Pearl Poiré Tiara
• All Things Royal - The Orange-Nassau Pearl Tiara
• Mis Joyas Reales - Orange Nassau Tiara
• Tiaras & Crowns - The Pearl Poiré Tiara

Photos: Danish Royal Court

Queen Ingrid of Denmark's Floral Aigrette Tiara

Creation: This tiara can be worn on a frame or split up into three sections and worn in different ways.

Maria Melchior

Maria Melchior

Materials: diamonds set in gold and silver 

Queen Ingrid

Queen Ingrid

Provenance:

1. Maria Melchior née Hacker
2. A. Michelsen; sold to the jeweler by Lauritz Melchior after his wife passed away in 1963
   
3. Queen Ingrid of Denmark née Princess of Sweden; from her husband, King Frederik IX of Denmark, in 1964
4. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark; from her mother in 1985
5. Danish Royal Property Trust
   

Queen Margrethe

Queen Margrethe

Questions:

• When was this tiara created?
• Which jeweler created this tiara?
• When was this tiara put into the Danish Royal Property Trust?
  
• Did the tiara originally belong to Grand Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, King Frederik IX's maternal grandmother?

Queen Margrethe

Queen Margrethe

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Floral Aigrette Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Floral Aigrette Tiara
• All Things Royal - The Floral Aigrette Tiara
• Mis Joyas Reales - Danish Floral Tiara
• Tiaras & Crowns - The Floral Aigrette Tiara

Photos: En Dronnings Smykkeskrin

Grand Duchess Louise of Baden's Palmette Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made circa 1900 by Ludwig Bertsch.

Grand Duchess Louise

Grand Duchess Louise

Materials: diamonds set in white and yellow gold

Queen Margrethe

Queen Margrethe

Provenance:

1. Grand Duchess Louise of Baden née Princess of Prussia
2. Queen Victoria of Sweden née Princess of Baden; inherited from her mother in 1923
3. Queen Ingrid of Denmark née Princess of Sweden; inherited from her grandmother in 1930
4. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark; inherited from her mother in 2000
   

Queen Margrethe

Queen Margrethe

Other Wearers:

• Princess Benedikte of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg née Princess of Denmark
  
• Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
  

Princess Benedikte

Princess Alexandra

Links:

• The Court Jeweller - Baden Palmette Tiara
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Baden Palmette Tiara
• Royal Magazin - Baden Palmette Tiara 
• All Things Royal - The Baden Palmette Tiara
• Mis Joyas Reales - Baden Tiara
• Tiaras & Crowns - The Baden Palmette Tiara

Photos: En Dronnings Smykkeskrin