Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara is “formed from 47 graduated brilliant- and rose-set tapering bars, divided by 46 narrow spikes, set lozenge-fashion with nine graduated brilliants at the centre, diminishing to five at either side; de-mountable for use as a necklace.” The Fringe Tiara was made in 1919 for Queen Mary in the then-fashionable Russian kokoshnik [read more]
The future Queen Isabella’s half-brother, King Henry IV of Castile, married Joan of Portugal in May 1455, with the papal dispensation having arrived at the end of 1453, as the pair were first cousins. A copy of this dispensation was not found in the archives of the Vatican, although this does not necessarily prove it [read more]
Royal marriages were mostly for convenience, prestige and offspring, and so it was quite common for the bride and groom to be quite different and mismatched. This included their ages, so here are five royal marriages with large age differences. 1. Adeliza of Louvain and King Henry I of England Adeliza of Louvain was about [read more]
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Schloss Nymphenburg is one of Bavaria’s magnificent palaces. Construction of the palace was begun by Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, and he intended it as a gift for his wife, Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, after the birth of their son, the future Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, in 1662. It was Henriette Adelaide who [read more]
Queen Mary’s Women of Hamshire Brooch consists of a “pavé-set top with claw-set collet brilliants in the form of a foliage spray, with hinged loop for use as a pendant, suspending three bell-flowers, from which hang a pavé-set baroque pearl and two pear-shaped diamond pendants with open-back settings; the pearl and diamond drops are detachable.” [read more]
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