Fürstenberg Tiara |Pearl and Diamond Fleur de Lys Diadem| Princess Paula zu Fürstenberg nee Countess Königsegg
Fürstenberg Tiara |Pearl and Diamond Fleur de Lys Diadem| Princess of Fürstenberg
Wedding Present to the Countess Irma Schönborn-Buchheim in 1889 from the grooms mother, „Mama Fürstenberg“ Princess Leontine of Fürstenberg née Kevenhüller-Metsch.
Natural Pearl and Diamond Tiara | Fürstin Irma von Fürstenberg Diadem |Princess Fürstenberg
Eleven diamond motives in the design of a double fleur-de-lys, twenty-three pear-shaped pearls (three larger ones) are all fixed on an old-cut diamond frame.
This is the way that tiara must have been worn at the imperial court in Vienna and Berlin, by its then owner the princess of Fürstenberg née countess Irma of Schönborn Buchheim
Stahl und Diamant Diadem Cartier | Erbprinzessin, Fürstin zu Fürstenberg| Fürstenhaus Juwelen Schmuck
Steel and Diamond Tiara Cartier | Princess of Fürstenberg | Princly Jewels and Jewelery
Natural Pearl and Diamond Tiara | Fürstin Irma von Fürstenberg Diadem |Princess Fürstenberg
The Queen’s Treasury |Denmark Royal Jewels exploring in the queen’s treasure chest
The danish crown jewels, Frederik IX’s pipe collection and the more than 400-year-old Rosenborg wine are among the many objects that appear in the program series „The Queen’s Treasury“, which from tonight and the next Tuesdays will be broadcast on DR 1.
The museum collection Kongernes Samling contains Danish kings and queens‘ central objects and works of art, and the program series follows the creation of the exhibitions „A Queen’s Jewelry Box“ and „Mary & the Crown Princesses“, which are currently on display at the Amalienborg Museum and Koldinghus, respectively.
The exhibitions have been created in collaboration with Her Majesty the Queen and Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, and the programs are included when the Queen and the Crown Princess take part in the preparations for the new exhibitions. The first episode of „The Queen’s Treasury“ will be broadcast tonight at 20.30 on DR1.https://www.dr.dk/drtv/se/dronningens-skatkammer_-smykker-der-taler_307886
Crown jewels and fideikomis jewels
At special events such as state visits, the New Year’s table and other major events where a gala is worn, the female members of the royal family like to wear historical jewellery. Often as sets, also called garnishes, with a tiara and earrings, necklace and possibly bracelet. The jewelery is partly the crown jewels, partly jewellery, owned by the Danish Royal House’s Løsørefideikommis and jewelery privately owned by the Royal House.
The crown jewels
The best-known pieces of jewelery are the crown jewels, which primarily consist of four large jewellery sets: a brilliant set, an emerald set, a pearl-ruby set and a rose stone set. The crown jewels belong to the Crown, i.e. the monarch and his queen. After the change of throne, they are therefore available to HM Queen Mary. When the crown jewels are not in use, they are displayed in the treasury in the secured basement under Rosenborg Castle.
It is customary for the crown jewels to remain in Denmark, which means that they are not taken with them when visiting abroad. The Danish crown jewels are the only ones in the world that are both exhibited as museum objects and at the same time worn by the country’s queen.
The history of the crown jewels goes back to Christian VI’s queen, Queen Sophie Magdalene, who in her will from 1746 decided that her jewelery should not pass to one specific person, but always be available to the country’s sitting queen on the grounds that „there in this royal house there are so few jewels and no crown jewels at all“. Most of Queen Sophie Magdalene’s original jewelery has been remade by subsequent queens as jewelery fashions have changed. Today, the four crown jewel sets have the design that Christian VIII’s queen, Queen Caroline Amalie, gave them in 1840.
The jewelery in the Danish Royal House’s Loose Trust Committee
Another group of striking jewelery is the jewelery from the Danish Royal House’s Loose Trust Committee. These pieces include, among others, the Perlepoire set of tiara, necklace, earrings and brooches, the large diamond necklace, called the Rivière , and the diamond frame with royal portrait worn by the Queen at the gala.
The Royal Trust Trust was founded by Frederik 8th and Queen Lovisa in 1910. The purpose was to collect and secure gold, silver and other valuables „that are desired to be preserved in Our Family and therefore must pass undivided from King to King of our House“.
The objects in a fideicommis are inherited in the family. They are not owned by the individual person, and a sale or mortgaging of the inheritance is therefore not possible. In the Royal Trust Committee, this means that important collections – not least the co-founder, Queen Lovisa’s great legacy from her Dutch, German, French and Swedish ancestors – have been able to be kept together in the Royal House.
The Commission of Estates jewelery is worn by the sitting Queen and can be taken abroad for use at gala events.
The royal family’s private jewelery
The queen and the other women in the royal family also have a collection of private jewels which they themselves dispose of.
In Queen Margrethe’s collection, you will find, among other things, the palmette tiara and the sapphire set with necklace and earrings, which Frederik IX had made as a wedding present for his daughter, the successor to the throne, Princess Margrethe. Other important pieces of jewelery are the ruby and pearl set, which was a silver wedding gift from Prince Henrik, and the Greenlandic gold diadem, the flower diadem Naasut – a gift from Greenland in connection with the 40th anniversary of the government in 2012.
In the future Queen Mary’s jewelry collection, you will find the old Russian turquoise and brilliant jewelry that Queen Margrethe gave to her daughter-in-law on her 50th birthday in 2022, and a slender diamond tiara that can also be used as a necklace, and which the future queen herself has purchased at auction.
The most well-known of the privately owned pieces of jewelery worn by the future queen is probably the ruby set, given to the future king by her maternal grandmother Queen Ingrid. The set was made for French Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte’s wife Desirée and was worn at Emperor Napoleon’s coronation in 1804. The set came to Sweden via the Bernadotte couple when they were appointed Crown Prince Couple of Sweden. Desirée, who in 1818 became Queen Desideria of Sweden, then let it go to her daughter-in-law Josefina. As queen dowager, in 1869 Josefina presented the set to her granddaughter, Princess Lovisa, at her wedding to Danish Crown Prince Frederik (8th) with the reason „the Danish colors for Louisa“.
Crown princess Mary – Jewels|Royal Denmark| Diamond Wedding Tiara
Die Kronjuwelen des dänischen Königshauses Königin Caroline Amalie | Diamanten und Schmuck
The Crownjewels Denmark | Diamands Queen Caroline Amalie |Royal Jewels
Danish Crown Jewels – Emeralds | Emerald Parure Tiara Necklace Earrings Brooch| Denmark Royal Jewelry
Smaragd Garnitur von Königin Caroline Amalie| Queen of Denmark Emerald Parure, Emerald Tiara, Emerald Stomacher, Emerald Brooch Emerald Necklace
Dänische Kronjuwelen mit Smaragden | Königin von Dänemark
Royal Wedding Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Imperial Marriage Jewels |Sapphire Diamond Necklace Choker Tiara Present of the Czar and Czarina
Royale Hochzeit Herzogin Alexandrine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Juwelen des dänischen Königshauses
Die Brautgeschenke an die spätere Königin Alexandrine von Dänemark| Dänisches Königshaus
Pearl and Diamond Pendant and Pearl pendants Queen Louisa |Bolin|Royal Jewels Denmark
Queen Alexandrine’s sapphire diadem| Queen of Denmark Royal Jewels
Queen Alexandrine’s sapphire diadem was bought in 2018 by an unknown at auction in Denmark. Now it turns out that it was probably Queen Margrethe who was the buyer.
Royal Wedding Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Imperial Marriage Jewels |Sapphire Diamond Necklace Choker Tiara Present of the Czar and Czarina
Queen Alexandrin’s Imperial Russian wedding gift
The sapphire diadem, which was sold at auction almost four years ago, now appears in the Queen’s jewelery collection.
In the broadcast „Dronningens Skatkammer“ on DR1, a secret is revealed.
Namely who in 2018 bought the Danish-Russian sapphire diadem. There are many indications that it was Queen Margrethe herself. And that will please many Danes.
In the program „Dronningens Skatkammer“ you see the special diamond and sapphire tiara being exhibited together with numerous royal jewelery in „Kongernes Samling“ at Koldinghus.
The three countesses had inherited the historic Danish-Russian diadem from their mother, Countess Anne Dorte, and in December 2018 they sold the expensive diadem for two million kroner at the auction.
There were many Danes who at the time believed that the precious jewelry belonged in Denmark, and with the Danish royal family. And much now it seems that Queen Margrethe meant it too.
The three countesses of Rosenborg, Josephine, Camilla and Feodora, who had inherited the jewelry from their father, Count Christian of Rosenborg and mother, Countess Anne Dorte, sold the tiara.
The royal couple themselves passed the jewelery on in 1933 to their daughter-in-law, Crown Princess Caroline-Mathilde, at her wedding in Fredensborg Castle Church with the king’s youngest son, Crown Prince Knud.
It was he and his sons who lost the right to inherit the throne when a new succession law was passed in 2953, because his older brother, Frederik X „only“ had three daughters, Margrethe, Benedikte and Anne-Marie.
After Caroline-Mathilde’s death in 1995, the youngest of her children, her son Count Christian of Rosenborg and his family inherited diadem, and they have kept the jewelry until it was sold in 2018.
The first episode of the TV series „Dronningens Skatkammer“, where you see the sapphire diadem, was shown on DR1 Tuesday 12 April. But can also be seen on DRTV.
Crownprincess Mary – Jewels|Royal Denmark| Diamond Weddding Tiara
Die Kronjuwelen des dänischen Königshauses Königin Caroline Amalie | Diamanten und Schmuck
The Crownjewels Denmark | Diamonds Queen Caroline Amalie |Denmark Royal Jewels
Danish Crown Jewels – Emeralds | Emerald Parure Tiara Necklace Earings Brooch| Denmark Royal Jewelry
Smaragd Garnitur von Königin Caroline Amalie
Dänische Kronjuwelen mit Smaragden | Königin von Dänemark Queen of Denmark Emerald Parure – Emerald Diamond Tiara
Royal Wedding Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Imperial Marriage Jewels |Sapphire Diamond Necklace Choker Tiara Present of the Czar and Czarina
Royale Hochzeit Herzogin Alexandrine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Juwelen des dänischen Königshauses
Die Brautgeschenke an die spätere Königin Alexandrine von Dänemark| Dänisches Königshaus
Pearl and Diamond Pendant and Pearlpendants Queen Louisa |Bolin|Royal Jewels Denmark
Juwelen des dänischen Königshauses| Princess Marie de Orleans Hochzeit| Prinzessin Waldemar von Dänemark
Royal Wedding Gifts Princess Marie of Orleans France|Princess of Denmark|Mariage Presents Royal Jewel History
Mariage du prince Waldemar de Danemark et la princesse Marie d’Orleans|Royal France
Opal and Diamond Tiara Princess Marie of Orleans|Opal Parure Duchess of Chartres|Royal Jewels Denmark
Opal Choker Diamond Ruby and Sapphire Necklace Princess Marie of Orleans |France |Princess of Denmark|Royal Jewel History
Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia| Grand Duchess Konstaninovich | Diamond Coronation Brooch 1896
Tunget Tiara Sapphire and Diamond Tiara Diadem|Princess Thyra|Imperial Coronation Brooch Royal Jewels Denmark |Princess Elisabeth
Diamond Brooch in the form of the Russian Imperial Crown, set with 149 diamonds of abourt 21,1 carats. The two largest diamonds are ca 6,8ct and 7,3ct.
This brooch and 17 others were executed on the order of Tsar Nicholas II to Carl Faberge .
The brooch cost 4000 silver roubles.
These brooches were Imperial gifts presented on 24. May 1894. The day before the coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna.
They were given both to the Grand Duchesses living in Russia and also to those that had, trough their marriages, become queens or duchesses outside Russia and attend the coronation.
This was given to Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna who married in 1879 Grand Duke Friedrich Franz von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Their daughter Alexandrine inherited this brooch in 1922. She married in 1898 the Danish Crown Prince Christian. Later Queen Alexandrine of Denmark left it to her daughter-in-law Princess Caroline-Mathilde (Prince Knud’s wife). In 1995 the brooch was inherited by her daughter, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark.
Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, left it to The Royal Danish Collection in her will.
Carl Faberge also executed brooches, in this design but larger diamonds, for the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna 10 000 roubles and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna 12 000 roubles. The Queen of Siam was also presented with such a brooch in 1897 the price beeing 5100 roubles.
Crownprincess Mary – Jewels|Royal Denmark| Royal Jewel History | Diamond Weddding Tiara
Die Kronjuwelen des dänischen Königshauses Königin Caroline Amalie | Königliche Diamanten und Schmuck
The Crownjewels Denmark | Diamonds Queen Caroline Amalie |Royal Jewels
Danish Crown Jewels – Emeralds | Emerald Parure Tiara Necklace Earings Brooch| Denmark Royal Jewelry
Smaragd Garnitur von Königin Caroline Amalie|Königliche Juwelen von Dänemark Kronjuwelen
Dänische Kronjuwelen mit Smaragden | Königin von Dänemark| Royal Jewel History
Royal Wedding Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Imperial Marriage Jewels |Sapphire Diamond Necklace Choker Tiara Present of the Czar and Czarina
Royale Hochzeit Herzogin Alexandrine von Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Juwelen des dänischen Königshauses
Die Brautgeschenke an die spätere Königin Alexandrine von Dänemark| Royal Jewel History| Dänisches Königshaus
Pearl and Diamond Pendant and Pearlpendants Queen Louisa |Bolin|Royal Jewels Denmark
Juwelen des dänischen Königshauses| Princess Marie de Orleans Hochzeit| Prinzessin Waldemar von Dänemark
Royal Wedding Gifts Princess Marie of Orleans France|Princess of Denmark|Mariage Presents Royal Jewel History
Mariage du prince Waldemar de Danemark et la princesse Marie d’Orleans|Royal France
Opal and Diamond Tiara Princess Marie of Orleans|Opal Parure Duchess of Chartres|Royal Jewels Denmark
Opal Choker Diamond Ruby and Sapphire Necklace Princess Marie of Orleans |France |Princess of Denmark|Royal Jewel History
Princess Anna of Orleans | Duchess of Aosta| Savoy Aoste Tiaras Royal Jewels
Diamond Bracelet made by Mellerio |Royal Wedding Gift to Princess Anna of Orleans | Duchess of Aosta |Italy Royal Jewel History
The Diamond Tiara of Princess Anna of Orleans | Duchess of Aosta Italy Royal Jewel History
Anne Duchess Aosta | Duc de Aoste – Royal Diamond Tiara | Italy Historic Jewels
Pearl Necklace from Neaples, Pearl Collier Pearl Strings|Princess Anna of Orleans | Duchess of Aosta Italy Royal Jewel History |Royal Marriage Present
Anne Herzogin von Aosta | Royal Jewel History Diadem Lovanov Rostov
Countess Margherita von und zu Arco Zinneberg |Duchess Helene of Aoste Diamonds| Anne of France Diamond Tiara
see on top the diamond bandeau worn by the bride Princess Anna of Orleans | Duchess of Aosta – again as choker on her neck from the bride in later days
Diamond Lattice Tiara Kokoshnik |Royal Imperial Jewel |Elena Duchess of Aosta|Princess of Orléans France Jewelry Presents|Royal Marriage Gift
MARRIAGE MADAME LA PRINCESSE HÉLÈNE DE FRANCE| Diadem Treillis de diamants
Coronation Brooch Tsar NicholasII | Romanov Faberge | Grand Duchess Ella Elizabeth Fyodorovna
Countess Margherita von und zu Arco-Zinneberg | Duchess of Aosta Anna of France Diamond Tiara |Savoy Aoste Tiaras
Landgräfin von Hessen |Smaragd Parure Diadem, Collier, Broschen, Armband und Ohrringe |Juwelen und Schmuck des Hauses Preussen, Hessen Geschenk der Kaiserin Friedrich | Royal Hesse Emerald Tiara
Emerald parure tiara, necklace, brooches, bracelet and earrings | Jewels and jewelery from the House of Prussia, Hesse Gift from Empress Friedrich
Emerald jewelry consisting of a diadem, a necklace, two bracelets, a brooch with a pendant, a brooch with three pendants, a brooch in the shape of a cross, a pair of earrings, a small pendant.
On Thursday the festivities for the marriage of Princess Margarethe began with a grand court before their Majesties; This is followed by a ball on the 20th, a family dinner on the 22nd, a gala dinner on the 23rd and a gala dinner at the Empress Friedrich’s on the 24th. M. The civil marriage will take place in the palace of the Empress Friedrich, the church wedding in the castle chapel.
Numerous high guests are expected in Berlin. The Russian heir to the throne meets on 23 d. My; the voyage of the King of Denmark still seems uncertain, because of the blocking of the crossing by ice.
On the evening before the marriage of her youngest daughter, the Empress Friedrich had brought together the large number of family members who had rushed here for the special day to a gala family dinner.
The main table, at which the distinguished guests dined, was set in the large, magnificent dining room, which was filled with art treasures. The tapestry of the walls, which bear large golden flowers and arabesques on a golden silk background, are here and there covered with long hanging tapestries; the narrow wall opposite the entrance is separated from the adjoining room by a large red velvet drapery and decorated with costly silver shields, bowls and dividers. Right at the entrance is a work of art, a silver anniversary present, a clock of great value that serves as a resting point for a delightful group of marbles.
The table itself bore the gift which Queen Victoria of England had given to the Emperor and Empress Frederick in front of their Majesties‘ seatssilver wedding , three showpieces made of solid silver, serving as candelabra. The middle main piece depicts a hunting procession, a lady on horseback pulling out to hunt, with two dogs on a leash, which trot past a thick tree trunk, from whose branches the candlesticks rise. The side pieces are groups of trees with candelabra. Graduating in size, a number of other candlesticks, only in silver, lined up at the two ends of the table. In between there were display devices, fruit and flower bowls.
Threads of green leaves wound their way around the individual implements over the snow-white linen.
The whole was outshined by a mighty chandelier.
The bridal couple, Prince Friedrich Karl von Hessen in uniform, ate at the center of the table.Princess Margarethe in a delicate yellow silk robe richly trimmed with yellow feathers. To the right of the bride sat the reigning Empress, next to her Landgrave Alexander Friedrich von Hessen, to the left of the bridegroom the Empress Friedrich, dressed entirely in black silk, and next to her the King of Saxony in the blue uniform of the 10th Dragoons.
The Emperor’s seat was next to his sister, Princess Margarethe, opposite between the Grand Duchess of Baden and the groom’s mother, Landgravine Anna von Hessen, whose table neighbors were the Grand Duke of Baden and the Duke of Edinburgh. Since not all 60 guests had space at the table, a second table was set in the adjoining small dining room.
Juwelen und Schmuck
Royal Wedding Presents to Princess Margaret of Prussia | Marriage Jewels | Castellani Gold Parure
Diadem von Margariten aus Diamanten und Perlen | Tiara of Marguerites, Daisies in diamonds and pearls
Smaragd Parure Diadem, Collier, Broschen, Armband und Ohrringe | Geschenk der Kaiserin Friedrich | Emerald Tiara Parure | Diamond Jewels of Princess Margaret of Prussia
Perlen Diamant Diadem Prinzessin Margarethe von Preussen| Schmuck Landgräfin von Hessen | Pearl Diamond Jewels Princess Friedrich Karl of Hesse
Fleur de Lys & Heraldic Roses Tiara, Diadem | Schmuck Prinzessin Margarethe von Preussen | Royal Imperial Jewel Pearl Tiara Present to Princess Friedrich Karl of Hesse
The Royal Marriage of Princess Margarethe of Prussia | Juwelen und Schmuck des Hauses Preussen, Hessen
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