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 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

Queen Silvia

Crown Princess Victoria