A historic Spray Brooch of seven Sapphires in form of a flower bouquet, the flower and leaf in diamonds, worn by Louise Queen of Sweden.It was probably from the King Gustaf V's and Queen Victoria's Foundation.
The Sapphire and Diamond spray brooch was later given to Princess Margaretha of Sweden, and not seen since years.
Louise Alexandra Marie Irene Mountbatten, born Princess Louise of Battenberg on July 13, 1889, was Queen of Sweden from 1950 until her death in 1965, as the wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf. She was the second of the four children of Prince Louis of Battenberg, an admiral in the British Royal Navy, and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine. Louise was closely related to the British and Russian royal families as a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a niece of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia. Both Queen Louise and her stepchildren were great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
During World War I, Louise served as a nurse in the Red Cross. She married the widowed Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf in 1923 and became Queen in 1950. Queen Louise was known for her eccentricity and progressive views.
Louise’s father renounced his German title during World War I and anglicized the family name to "Mountbatten." Her mother, Princess Victoria, was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Louise was an older sister to Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and Princess Alice of Battenberg, the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
During a visit to the Russian Empire in 1914, Louise and her mother were caught by the sudden outbreak of World War I. Louise's mother entrusted her jewelry to the Empress for safekeeping, and they left Russia by boat, traveling through neutral Sweden back to Great Britain.
Louise was a democrat at heart and reformed the strict pre-World War I court protocols when she became Queen. She abolished the court presentations in 1962 and introduced "democratic ladies' lunches" with professional career women. Louise also renovated and redecorated the interior of the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
Queen Louise was described as eccentric for royalty, having a good heart, a great sense of humor, and the ability to distinguish between herself and her royal role. She was a supporter of the political system and democracy in Sweden and admired Swedish nature and women for their natural dignity.
Queen Louise loved her new home country and was shocked by Swedish non-patriotic customs.
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