The Kingdom of Belgium introduced absolute primogeniture in 1991 among the descendants of King Albert II of Belgium. This means that Princess Elisabeth, the eldest child of the then future King Philippe, was born as her father’s heir. However, how many Belgian Princesses missed out on the chance of becoming Queen in their own right? Princess [read more]
The Congo Diamond Necklace Tiara belongs to the Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family, and it came into the family with Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. Embed from Getty Images Princess Joséphine Charlotte married Hereditary Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg in 1953 and she wore the tiara on her wedding day. The tiara was made by Van Cleef [read more]
The Belgian Scroll Tiara arrived in Luxembourg as part of the trousseau of Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium when she married the future Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg in 1953. The tiara was a wedding present from the Société Générale, a bank from France. It was made by Henry Coosemans. Joséphine-Charlotte wore the Belgian Scroll tiara [read more]
The then Hereditary Grand Duke Jean met Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium as she visited her godmother, Jean’s mother, Grand Duchess Charlotte, in Fischbach in 1948. Embed from Getty Images Their engagement was announced on 26 December 1952, and the New York Times reported, “Their marriage, for which no date was announced, will link members of [read more]
By the end of the Second World War, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands tried to make a deal with the Nazis to save the Belgian royal family, according to newly published diaries of her foreign minister. By March 1945, both Belgium and the south of the Netherlands had been liberated by King Leopold III of [read more]
Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium was born in the Royal Palace in Brussels on 11 October 1927 as the daughter of King Leopold III of the Belgians and his first wife, Astrid of Sweden. Her godmother was actually her future mother-in-law, Charlotte, the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Her godfather was her uncle, Prince Charles, Count of [read more]
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