Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1876-1936)
was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen
Victoria. Princess Victoria held the titles of a Grand Duchess of
Hesse (1894-1901), and the Grand Duchess Viktoria Feodorovna of Russia
(1906-1917).
Victoria married on April 19th 1894 her paternal cousin Ernst Ludwig,
the future Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.
On the day of her wedding she wore the veil of Grand Duchess Alice
of Hesse, the mother of the bridegroom, which was held by one of her
wedding presents, a delicate diamond circlet with eight upright prongs,
each set with a large emerald.
Before their wedding the "Coburger Zeitung" published a
list of most of the gifts which the princely couple received.
The Grand Duke of Hesse's wedding presents to his bride included
- an all diamond tiara, in the form of a pair of wings, centred
above a large diamond collet, supported upon a "Cupid's bow"
base; the wings detaching to form a brooch - see above
- a parure set with coloured and white diamonds, consisting of
a tiara, necklace and brooch - it was part of the Hessen Hausschmuck, which is known as "The diamond strawberry leaf tiara", a long collet diamond necklace and a three bow diamond brooch. See above all worn by the Grand Duchess Victoria Melita of Hesse.
Special thanks to LauraM and Uwe!
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