Tiara Mania: Duchess of Leuchtenberg's Emerald Parure Tiara

January 7, 2012

Creation: This tiara was made in the early 1800s. Princess Ingeborg had two pear shaped emeralds removed to make earrings and they were replaced with diamond and emerald palmettes.

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Empress Amélie

Crown Princess Margaret

Queen Sophia

Materials: emeralds and diamonds set in gold and silver

Princess Ingeborg

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Crown Princess Märtha

Provenance:

Duchess Augusta Amalia of Leuchtenberg née Princess of Bavaria
Empress Amélie of Brazil née Princess of Leuchtenberg; from her mother on the occasion of her 1829 marriage to Emperor Pedro I of Brazil
Queen Josephine of Sweden & Norway née Princess of Leuchtenberg; inherited from her sister in 1873
Queen Sophia of Sweden & Norway née Princess of Nassau; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1876
Princess Ingeborg of Sweden née Princess of Denmark; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1913, she had two emeralds removed to make earrings
Crown Princess Märtha of Norway née Princess of Sweden; from her mother in 1940 when Crown Princess Märtha traveled to the USA at the beginning of WWII with the intention that she could sell it if the family could not return to Norway or if they needed money
Queen Sonja of Norway née Haraldsen; inherited by her husband, King Harald V of Norway, from his mother in 1954 and given to her after their 1968 marriage