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Die Rubin Parure wurde noch von ihrem abgöttisch geliebten Ehemann Prinz Albert, ein Jahr vor seinem Tod entworfen und Königin Victoria von England zum Geschenk gemacht. Sie trug aber 10 Jahre nach seinem Tod keine Juwelen oder bunte Kleider. Erst bei der Hochzeit ihrer Tochter Louise liess sie sich dazu überreden und trug die Rubine.
Danach schenkte sie sie 1885 ihrer Tochter Prinzessin Beatrice von Battenberg zur Hochzeit. Und dann „beginnt“ das Geheimnis. Ena, Königin Victoria Eugenie von Spanien– die Enkeltochter der Queen, wurde in den 1920igern mit den Rubinen abgebildet. 1937 war zwar Prinzessin Beatrice noch am Leben, aber nahm wegen ihres hohen Alters nicht an der Krönung von König Georg VI teil.
Dafür aber ihre Schwiegertochter Irene Marchioness of Carisbrooke, die wiederum die Rubine von Schwiegermutter Prinzessin Beatrice zur Hochzeit bekam.
Aber 1933 entfernte sie die Rubine. Seither wurde das Erdbeerblatt Diadem nicht mehr gesehen – und auch das Collier „verschwand“ um diese Zeit.
1990 tauchte das Armband bei einer Versteigerung von Christies in St. Moritz auf und jetzt die dazugehörende Brosche mit einem ovalen Burma Rubin als Mittelpunkt, ein schmaler Rahmen aus Diamanten und einer grösseren mit 10 grossen Altschliffdiamanten eingefasst. Detailierte Beschreibung des Rubinschmucks – aus Erdbeerblättern ist oben über die Verlinkungen zu erfahren.
The Royal Wedding 1891 | Princess Louise signing the register in the green drawing room.
When the great State ceremony was over in St. Georg’s Chapel, Windsor, the blessing having been invoked by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Princess Aribert passed to the Queen and knelt before her.
Her Majesty raised the bride and affectionatly kissed her, as did the Princess Christian and the Duke and Duchess of Anhalt.
Royal Marriage of Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig- Holstein
Then giving his hand to his wife, Prince Arbibert led her down the aisle to the strains of Mendelsohns Wedding March and a hearty cheer greeted the as the passed out of the west door on their way to the castle.
The Queen the German Emperor and Empress, the Prince and Princess of Wales and the other Royal guests left the the Chapel immediately after the bride and bridgegroom.
Thte fomality to sign in the register was transacted in the Green Drawing-room.
Shortly after six o’clock the Prince and Princess Aribert left for Cliveden, the Duke of Westminster having lent them his beautiful house ther, the grounds attached to which are unrivalled for their woodland and river scenery. They soon reched the charming residence where they are to spend the first part of the honeymoon.
In the evening a Venetian Fete, with a procession of illuminated boats, was held upon the Thames at Windsor. The town, too was full of life and animation, there was a display of fireworks and a performance by the Queen’s privat ban.
More about the marriage, presents and gifts to the royal bride:
Kent Festoon Diamond and Pearl Tiara Necklace | Royal Marriage Present Princess Louise, Duchess of Argylls bequests-
Princess Louise’s bequests to favourite Royal pairs
The DUCHESS often wears diamond stars in her hair as on this occasion. Her new jewels include diamond daisies which she will probably wear the same way.
The Duke of Kent is known to be the chief beneficiary under the will. The extent of the Kents‘ legacy is unknown, for Royal wills are secret, and not filed at Somerset House.
The Duke of Kent, one of the greatest favorites within the Royal Family, is doted on by his elder relatives. He was the favorite nephew of the late Princess Victoria, who bequeathed to him the lovely home, Coppins.
The Duchess was also a favorite for her own charm, because she was the wife of the Princess‘ favorite, and partly because her family went through vicissitudes of which Princess Louise had seen so much.
Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll
Princess Louiselived so frugally at Kensington Palace during her last years that she must have used only a fraction of the £6000 she received annually through the Civil list pension.
Wealthy Princess She inherited the bulk of lier has band’s £619,000 and also inherited largely from her mother, Queen Victoria. She was therefore one of the wealthiest of the Royal Family.
The Duchess‘ jewellegacy is a magnificent one. When princess Louise married the ninth Duke of Argyle (sic), Marquess of Lorne in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian war, there followed one of the most brilliant periods.
She was the centre of a great social season, and her jewels were the cynosure of all eyes. These have not been worn for years and are mostly in the antique settings, which are again becoming first favorites in modern taste.
The Princess‘ jewel box contains a particularly fine collection of diamonds, pearls and opals. One beautiful necklace is of five large opals set around with brilliants, connected by a diamond chain.
The Duchess of Kent wearing the type of pearl necklace and earrings she is rarely seen without. She now inherits some superb jewels from the late Princess Louise.
Particularly lovely are the diamond daisies mounted as hairpins, which are understood to be included in the Duchess‘ Inheritance. She will probably wear these In her hair as diamond clips, for she is fond of wearing stars in her hair.
From one necklace of pearls and diamonds is suspended an oval locket, the centre of which is a large Oriental pearl surrounded by closely-set, large diamonds of great brilliancy.
Princess Louise, fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. She had received the London-made jewels on 23 August 1871 as a gift from the Clan Campbell Marquis of Lorne, later the 9th Duke of Argyll as wedding gift.
Other lovely pieces include a two string pearl necklace valued at about £1000, a chased necklace with links of diamonds joined with pearls, and a beautiful bracelet in the shape of a coronet, centre of which is a large diamond surrounded by eight smaller diamonds. This is set in silver instead of gold, and would thus be mast fashionable to-day.
Princess Louise also had some beautiful silver and gold services, including a richly chased silver-gilt dessert set, a chased silver-gilt tea and coffee service, and a complete silver-gilt toilet set.
Diamonds for her birthday The Duke of Kent’s gift to the Duchess of Kent on her 33rd birthday was a flat bracelet of flexible platinum links studded with large diamonds. From the Australian Women’s Weekly 6 Jan 1940, p2
Prinzessin Alice von Battenberg | Aquamarin Parure Schmuck | Zarengeschenk Faberge Die Vermählung des Prinzen Andreas von Griechenland mit Prinzessin Alice von Battenberg.
Princess Alice of Greece | Imperial Aquamarine Parure |Romanov Jewels Marriage Princess Alice of Battenberg | Royal Greece | Aquamarine Parure| Wedding Gift Czar |Jewel HistoryMountbatten Battenberg Sterne Diadem Prinzessin Alice von Battenberg als Braut mit dem Diadem Ihrer Mutter, Prinzessin Victoria von Battenberg
Dem „Temps“ wird aus Petersburg über die Reisepläne des Kaisers Nikolaus berichtet: Am 14. oder 15. September 1903 gedenkt der Zar, der gegenwärtig jagt, nach Darmstadt zu dem gewohnten Aufenthalte bei den Verwandten der Kaiserin zu fahren. Diesmal gibt es für seine Anwesenheit in Darmstadt noch einen besonderen Grund: Die bevorstehende Vermählung des Prinzen AndreasvonGriechenland, des jüngsten Sohnes des Königs Georg, mit einer Prinzessin von Battenberg. Gegen Ende des Monats, wahrscheinlich am 24., begiebt der Zar sich in die Steiermark, um mit dem Kaiser von Oesterreich zu jagen. Doch begleitet Graf Lemsdorff seinen Gebieter dorthin, woraus man schliessen darf, dass die beiden Kaiser sich nicht blos dem Jagdvergnügen widmen, sondern sich ernstlich mit den orientalischen Angelegenheiten beschäftigen werden. Nach dem Aufenthalt in Oesterreich wird der Zar nach Darmstadt zurückkehren und bis Ende October, 1903 bis zur Reise nach Italien (-wurde später abgesagt-), dort bleiben. Während der Anwesenheit des Zarenpaares findet die Einweihung der auf der Mathildenhöhe erbauten Russischen Kapelle statt, in welcher am 7. October Prinz Andreas von Griechenland und die Prinzessin Alice von Battenberg den Bund für das Leben schließen werden. Die Trauung findet, wie wir bereits meldeten, auch nach protestantischen Ritus statt.
Ein sehr grosszügiges Geschenk brachte der Zar zur Hochzeit mit. Prinzessin Alice erhielt ein wahrlich imperiales Hochzeitsgeschenk von Ihrer Tante Alexandra, der Schwester Ihrer Mutter Victoria – der Tsarin von Russland und deren Mann, dem Zar. Die Historie und weitere Details zum Brautgeschenk ausführlich in deutsch:
Princess Alice of Battenberg, the esteemed Princess of Greece, was pictured adorned in a magnificent gilded Fleur de Lys tiara, embellished with exquisite turquoise stones. This was complemented by a matching necklace and sizable diamond earrings in 1914. Her daughter, Princess Margarethe of Greece, Fürstin Hohenlohe-Langenburg is later pictured with her mothers fleur de Lys.|Workshop Friedrich Kreuter & Co Hanau
Diamonds from the Crown Jewels of France | Bequest of J.S. Morgan to his Granddaughter, the late Viscountess Harcourt
The grandfather’s legacy!
In 1856 the crown jeweler Bapst created a comb for Empress Eugenie using diamonds from the French crown jewels. The head ornament had nine long diamond pendants called pampilles or aiquillettes.
At the auction of the French crown jewels in 1887, Tiffany’s bought four pampilles and sold two of them to Junius Spencer Morgan, the wealthy patriarch of the renowned merchant banking family.
He put these 2 pampilles in the safe with this order:
June 30/88
The contents of this box „2 diamond pendants from the Crown Jewels of France“ as described in the papers which accompany them are the property of my daughter Mary Ethel Burns.
They were handed to me by her Grandfather on the 29th June 20/88 to be held in Trust for her.
Walter H. Burns.
It was an exquisite and amazing present to his granddaughter May Burns.
She remounted the pampilles and the twenty-eight diamonds into a fringe necklace. It is said that the old-mine cut diamonds are I to J in colour, SI to I1 clarity in lively brilliance.
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The historic Dowager Viscountess Harcourt Diamond Necklace went to Tiffany & Co., on auction in October 2015, who first purchased the 28 diamonds on the necklace at the 1887 French Crown Jewels auction in Paris. US$1,548,718 / CHF 1,505,959 Source:Sotheby’s;
Empress Eugenie of France Imperial large Comb with Fringes of Diamonds and the Hortense Diamond of the French Crown Jewels the story behind the historic jewelry:
Schmuck und Juwelen der Deutsche Fürstenhäuser | Royal Jewels – Historical Jewerly and Treasure of Royals and Aristocracy | bijoux historiques| исторические драгоценности
