The King Luis Diamond Tiara was a wedding gift from King Luís I of Portugal to Amélie of Orléans upon her marriage to his son, the future King Carlos I of Portugal. It consisted of diamonds set in silver and gold with a fleur-de-lis motif and rows of diamond necklaces.
It remained in her property when the monarchy was abolished in 1910. Upon her death in 1951, she left it to her godson, Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, who is the current pretender to the throne of Portugal.
Duarte Pio married Isabel Inês Castro Curvelo de Herédia in 1995 and she wore the tiara on her wedding day.
And then it was her daughter’s turn to wear the tiara. Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra, wore the tiara on 7 October 2023 when she married Duarte de Sousa Araújo Martins in Mafra, Portugal. She is currently third in the defunct line of succession to the Portuguese throne.
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