Queen Hortense of Holland's Cut Steel Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made in the early 1800s.

 

Materials: steel and gold

Crown Princess Victoria

Crown Princess Victoria

Provenance:

1. Queen Hortense of Holland née Beauharnais
2. Princess Eugénie of Hohenzollern-Hechingen née Princess of Leuchtenberg; inherited from her aunt in 1837
3. Empress Amélie of Brazil née Princess of Leuchtenberg; inherited from her sister in 1847 
4. Queen Joséphine of Sweden & Norway née Princess of Leuchtenberg; inherited from her sister in 1873
5. Queen Sophia of Sweden & Norway née Princess of Nassau; inherited from her mother-in-law in 1876
   
6. Queen Victoria of Sweden née Princess of Baden; from her mother-in-law
7. Queen Louise of Sweden née Lady Louise Mountbatten; from her mother-in-law
8. Princess Sibylla of Sweden née Princess of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha; from her step-mother-in-law
9. Queen Silvia of Sweden née Sommerlath; inherited by her husband, King Carl XVI Gustaf, from his mother in 1972

Crown Princess Victoria

Crown Princess Victoria

Other Wearers:

• Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland
• Princess Désirée of Sweden, Baroness Silfverschiöld
• Princess Christina of Sweden, Mrs. Magnuson
• Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland

Queen Silvia

Princess Christina

Questions:

• When was this tiara created? 
• Which jeweler created this tiara?
• Did Queen Silvia really find this tiara in a cupboard while exploring the palace? 
• Does this tiara belong to the Bernadotte Family Foundation?
  

Princess Lilian

Princess Désirée

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Cut Steel Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - Napoleonic Cut Steel Tiara
• Bijoux Royaux En Folie - The Cut Steel Tiara
• All Things Royal - The Napoleonic Steel Tiara
• Mis Joyas Reales - Napoleonic Tiara

Photos: Kungliga Smycken