Eugénie de Montijo

Empress Eugenie’s Pearl Tiara

Empress Eugenie’s Pearl Tiara was a gift to Empress Eugenie from her future husband, Emperor Napoleon III. It was made by Alexandre-Gabriel Lemonnier with stones that used to belong to Empress Marie Louise, the wife of Emperor Napoleon I, and Marie Thérèse, Duchess of Angoulême, the only surviving child of King Louis XVI and Queen [read more]

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Royal Jewels

The Stuart Tiara

The Stuart Tiara is perhaps the Dutch royal family’s showstopper. Its central diamond is almost a whopping 40 carats. The central diamond is called The Stuart Diamond, and its first recorded owner was Queen Mary II of England, who reigned jointly with her husband, King William III, also Prince of Orange. Mary purchased the diamond [read more]

DUTCH DIAMOND BANDEAU
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont

The Dutch Diamond Bandeau

The Dutch Diamond Bandeau consists of diamonds that were originally part of a necklace. This necklace was given to Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont in 1879 for her wedding to King William III of the Netherlands. It was her daughter Wilhelmina who had the necklace turned into a bandeau tiara in 1937. After her death, [read more]

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Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands

The Dutch Star Tiara

The Dutch Star Tiara was worn by Máxima Zorreguieta as she married the future King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands in 2002. Embed from Getty Images She put together two separate pieces to create a new tiara. The base of the tiara came from the Pearl Button Tiara, and five diamond stars, which belonged to Queen [read more]

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Beatrix of the Netherlands

Queen Emma’s Diamond Tiara

Queen Emma’s Diamond Tiara was made for Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont and gifted by her husband, King William III of the Netherlands to her in 1890. However, it arrived shortly after his death. It was made by Royal Begeer and features a trio of harp designs with diamond rosette-style clusters made from silver and [read more]

Lady Poltimore
Margaret Countess of Snowdon

The Poltimore Tiara

The Poltimore Tiara was made for Florence Bampfylde, Lady Poltimore, by the jeweller Garrard around 1870. The tiara could be worn traditionally but could also be broken down into a necklace or even into brooches. Lady Poltimore wore the tiara to the coronation of King George VI and Queen Mary in 1911. It was her [read more]