The Prussian Tiara belongs to the Spanish royal collection.
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, the only daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, first wore the tiara during a visit to London in 1911, when she was 18. It was made for her by the German jeweller Koch.
In 1913, Victoria Louise married Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, and in 1917 they had a daughter named Frederica. When Frederica married the future King Paul of Greece in 1938, Victoria Louise gave her the Prussian Tiara as a wedding gift. Victoria Louise’s first child was Princess Sophie, who later became Queen Sofía of Spain. When Sophie married the future King Juan Carlos of Spain in 1962, she too received the Prussian Tiara as a wedding gift.
Sofía wore the tiara several times before her wedding, and it also became her wedding tiara.
Sofía loaned out the tiara several times, including to her eldest daughter, Elena. She also lent it to her daughter-in-law, Letizia, on her wedding day.
Since joining the Spanish royal family, Letizia often wears the Prussian Tiara.1
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