Queen Emma of the Netherlands' Sapphire Necklace Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made by Steltmann circa 2009 using a necklace from Queen Emma's Sapphire Parure made in 1879 and topped with five lozenge shaped ornaments taken from Queen Wilhelmina's Wedding Gift Parure Necklace made by Israel and Hoetig in 1901.

Queen Maxima

Queen Maxima

Materials: sapphires and diamonds set in gold and silver

Princess Margriet

Princess Mabel

Provenance:

1. Orange-Nassau Family Foundation

Queen Beatrix

Queen Juliana (as a necklace)

Other Wearers:

• Queen Máxima of the Netherlands née Zorreguieta Cerruti
• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
• Princess Mabel of the Netherlands née Wisse Smit
• Princess Margriet of the Netherlands

Questions:

• Can the tiara still be used as a necklace?
• Which jeweler made the original necklace?
• Was the original necklace already convertible to a tiara?

Queen Beatrix

Queen Emma

Princess Irene

Links:

• Dutch Royal Jewels - Sapphire Necklace Tiara
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Dutch Sapphire Necklace Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Dutch Sapphire Necklace Tiara
• Mode Koningin Maxima - Ja, dit saffieren diadeem kan Máxima ook nog dragen
• All Things Royal - The Sapphire Necklace Tiara

Empress Marie Louise of France's Emerald Diadem

Creation: This tiara made in 1810 by Francois Regnault Nitot. In the 1950s, Van Cleef & Arpels removed the emeralds and replaced them with turquoises. The emeralds were set into other pieces of jewellery and sold separately.

Empress Marie Louise

Shirley Harmon

Princess Alice

Materials: 79 emeralds and 1,006 diamonds set in silver and gold, later the emeralds were replaced with 79 Persian turquoises

unknown model

Princess Alice

Provenance:

1. Empress Marie Louise of France née Archduchess of Austria; from Emperor Napoleon on the occasion of their 1810 marriage
2. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria-Teschen; inherited from his cousin in 1847
3. Archduke Karl Stephan of Austria-Teschen; inherited from his father in 1874
4. Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria-Teschen; inherited from his father in 1933
5. Prince Karl Stefan of Altenburg; inherited from his father in 1951
6. Van Cleef & Arpels; purchased in 1953 and replaced the emeralds with turquoises
7. Marjorie Merriweather Post; bought in 1971
8. Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of Natural History; donated by Marjorie Merriweather Post

Marjorie Merriweather Post

Other Wearers:

• Princess Alice Elisabeth of Altenburg
• Shirley Harmon

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Marie Louise Diadem
• Royal Magazin - Marie Louise's Emerald Tiara
• The Practical Gemologist - Marie-Louise Emerald and Diamond Diadem
• Tiaras & Crowns - Empress Marie Louise’s Emerald Parure

Photos: Van Cleef & Arpels/Smithsonian Institution

Queen Josephine of Sweden's Diamond Tiara

Queen Josephine

Queen Sonja

Creation:

 

Materials: diamonds set in gold and silver

Queen Louise

Crown Princess Märtha

Provenance:

1. Queen Josephine of Sweden & Norway née Princess of Leuchtenberg
   
2. Queen Louise of Denmark née Princess of Sweden; inherited from her grandmother in 1876
3. Prince Gustav of Denmark; inherited from his mother in 1926
4. Crown Princess Märtha of Norway née Princess of Sweden; inherited from her uncle in 1944
5. Queen Sonja of Norway née Haraldsen; inherited by her husband, King Harald V, from his mother in 1954 and given to her after their 1968 marriage

Princess Astrid

Princess Thyra

Princess Astrid

Other Wearers:

• Princess Thyra of Denmark
  
• Princess Astrid of Norway

 

Questions:

• When was this tiara created?
• Which jeweler created this tiara?

Queen Sonja

Queen Sonja

Links:

• Trond Norén Isaksen - Queen Josephina's Diamond Tiara
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Queen Josephine's Diamond Tiara 
• The Royal Watcher - Queen Josefina's Diamond Tiara
  
• The Court Jeweller - Queen Josefina's Diamond Tiara
• Bijoux Royaux En Folie - Queen Josephine of Sweden & Norway's Diamond Tiara
  
• All Things Royal - Queen Josefina's Diamond Tiara
• Mis Joyas Reales - Desirée's Tiara

Queen Sonja of Norway's Modern Gold Tiara

Queen Sonja

Queen Sonja

Creation: The tiara was made 1997 by Millie Behrens.  The tiara has orange topaz, green tourmaline, or diamond only centers that can be switched out and the tourmaline center can be worn as a brooch.

Materials: diamonds set in yellow gold with orange topaz or green tourmaline interchangeably

Queen Sonja

Queen Sonja

Provenance:

1. Queen Sonja of Norway née Haraldsen; from her husband, King Harald V of Norway, on the occasion of her 60th birthday in 1997

Queen Sonja

Queen Sonja

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - The Modern Gold Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Queen Sonja's Modern Gold Parure 
• Bijoux Royaux En Folie - Queen Sonja's Modern Gold Tiara
• Lilibet's Handbag - Modern Gold Tiara
• All Things Royal - The Modern Gold Parure
• Mis Joyas Reales - Queen Sonja's Gold Tiara

Duchess of Leuchtenberg's Emerald Parure Tiara

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.  

Empress Amélie

Crown Princess Margaret

Queen Sophia

Materials: emeralds and diamonds set in gold and silver

Princess Ingeborg

Crown Princess Märtha

Provenance:

1. Duchess Augusta Amalia of Leuchtenberg née Princess of Bavaria
2. Empress Amélie of Brazil née Princess of Leuchtenberg; from her mother on the occasion of her 1829 marriage to Emperor Pedro I of Brazil
   
3. Queen Josephine of Sweden & Norway née Princess of Leuchtenberg; inherited from her sister in 1873 
4. Queen Sophia of Sweden & Norway née Princess of Nassau; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1876 
5. Princess Ingeborg of Sweden née Princess of Denmark; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1913, she had two emeralds removed to make earrings 
6. 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 
7. 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 

Crown Princess Märtha

Princess Astrid

Other Wearers:

• Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden née Princess of Connaught
• Princess Astrid of Norway

Queen Sonja

Queen Sonja

Questions:

• When was this tiara created? 
• Which jeweler created this tiara?
• Was this tiara a wedding gift from Emperor Napoleon to Duchess Augusta in 1806?

Queen Sonja

Queen Sonja

Links:

• Trond Norén Isaksen - Norwegian Emerald Parure
• The Royal Watcher - Norwegian Emerald Parure 
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Empress Josephine's Emerald Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Norwegian Emerald Parure Tiara
• Jenni Wiltz - The Norwegian Emerald Tiara
• All Things Royal - The Emerald Parure
• Mis Joyas Reales - Norwegian Emerald Tiara

Photos: Tiaras - A History of Splendour

Swedish Six Button Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made using diamond buttons that belonged to Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden.  King Carl XIV Johan had the buttons put on King Erik XIV's crown for his coronation in 1818.  The buttons were removed from the crown in 1909 and Queen Victoria planned to turn them into a tiara but it was not completed until 1976.  The two end buttons have a different design from the four center buttons.

Queen Louisa Ulrika

King Oscar II

Materials: diamonds

Crown Princess Victoria

Crown Princess Victoria

Provenance:

1. Bernadotte Family Foundation

Princess Madeleine

Princess Sofia

Other Wearers:

• Queen Silvia of Sweden
• Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
• Princess Madeleine of Sweden
• Princess Sofia of Sweden 
• Princess Birgitta of Sweden
• Princess Christina of Sweden
• Princess Lilian of Sweden

Princess Lilian

Princess Christina

Questions:

• Which jeweler made the original buttons?
• Which jeweler turned the buttons into a tiara?  
• When were the diamond buttons originally created?

Queen Silvia

Princess Birgitta

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Swedish Button Tiaras
• Royal Magazin - Diamond Buttons
• The Court Jeweller - Swedish Six Button Tiara
• Bijoux Royaux En Folie - The Six Button Tiara
• All Things Royal - The Six Button Tiara

Photos: Kungliga Smycken