The Baden Palmette Tiara

The Baden Palmette Tiara, with its heart-shaped palette motifs, is part of the collection of the Danish royals.

It was probably made in the middle of the 19th century by the jeweller Koch. It was reported to be a wedding gift from the future William I, German Emperor, to his daughter, Princess Louise. Louise married Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, and their daughter Victoria brought the tiara to Sweden when she married the future King Gustaf V of Sweden.

Upon Victoria’s death in 1930, the tiara was inherited by granddaughter Ingrid, who married the future King Frederik IX of Denmark five years later. Many of Queen Ingrid’s jewels were divided between the family, but the Baden Palmette tiara remained in the main line, and it is often worn by her daughter, the now-abdicated Queen Margrethe II.¹

1. The Court Jeweller