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

Provenance: 

1. Empress Joséphine of France; from her husband, Emperor Napoleon
2. Eugene de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg; inherited from his mother in 1814
3. Queen Josephine of Sweden & Norway; from her father on the occasion of her 1823 marriage to King Oscar I of Sweden & Norway
4. Princess Eugenie 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; from her husband's great-uncle on the occasion of her 1932 marriage to Prince Gustaf Adolf
7. Queen Silvia of Sweden; inherited by her husband, King Carl XVI Gustaf, from his mother in 1972 and given to her after their 1976 marriage

Crown Princess Margareta

Princess Sibylla

Queen Ingrid

Other Wearers: 

• Queen Hortense of Holland; borrowed from her mother Empress Josephine
• Crown Princess Margareta of Sweden; often borrowed from her husband's uncle, Prince Eugen
• Queen Ingrid of Denmark; 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

Questions:   

• Will the tradition of wearing this tiara for their wedding continue with the brides in Swedish Royal Family?

Crown Princess Victoria

Links:

• Trond Norén Isaksen - Cameo Tiara 
• Trond Norén Isaksen - An Interesting Article On The Cameo Diadem  
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Cameo Tiara 

Photos: Swedish Royal Court