Queen Sophia of Greece's Diamond Tiara

Queen Helen

Crown Princess Pavlos

Creation:

Materials:  diamonds

Provenance:

1. Queen Sophia of the Hellenes; from her family on the occasion of her 1889 marriage to King Constantine I
2. Queen Frederika of the Hellenes; inherited by her husband, King Paul, from his mother in 1932 and given to her after their marriage in 1938

Queen Sophia

Queen Sophia

Queen Ingrid

Other Wearers:

• Queen Helen of Romania; in a portrait in 1934
• Queen Ingrid of Denmark; at Centenary Celebrations of the Greek Royal Family in 1963
  
• Crown Princess Pavlos of Greece; at Queen Margrethe of Denmark's Ruby Jubilee Gala in 2012

Queen Frederika

Queen Frederika

Questions:

• When was this tiara created?
• What jeweler created this tiara?
• Did Queen Sophia's mother, Empress Victoria, or her brother, German Emperor Wilhelm II, give her the tiara?
• Why has this tiara not been worn since before Queen Frederika died in 1981?
• Did Queen Anne-Marie, Crown Prince Pavlos, or someone else inherit this tiara?
• What about the rumors that Queen Frederika sold the tiara while in exile in the 1970s?

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Diamond Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Queen Sophie's Diamond Tiara 
• The Royal Watcher - Queen Sophie's Diamond Tiara

Photos:  Getty