The Mellerio Ruby Parure Tiara was made by Mellerio dits Meller, a French jewellery firm, for Queen Emma, the second wife of King William III of the Netherlands, in 1888 as part of a large ruby parure. The pieces were a gift from her husband for Christmas. Embed from Getty Images The complete parure includes [read more]
Princess Qin Mu Ji (also known as the Ji-Clan Woman) was a Princess of Jin. She married Duke Mu of Qin for political reasons. Her brother, Duke Hui of Jin, violated the peace treaty between the States of Jin and Qin. Her husband, Duke Mu of Qin invaded the State of Jin and captured her [read more]
*review copy* *contains affiliate links* The future King George IV was famously married twice, once illegally to Maria Fitzherbt and once legally to Caroline of Brunswick. Maria Fitzherbert, already twice a widow, was basically harassed into becoming his wife. Their wedding went against the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 and was thus never valid. Even [read more]
Amestris Shahbanu was one of the most powerful Persian Queens during the Babylonian Empire.[1] She was Queen to King Xerxes I and the mother of King Artaxerxes I. Greek historians, Herodotus and Ctesias, have portrayed her to be as a ruthless Queen who has an unquenchable thirst for blood.[2] However, modern historians believe this depiction of [read more]
The Dutch Emerald Parure Tiara is a versatile piece in the collection of the Dutch royal family. The tiara was made in 1899 by Schürmann using emeralds which were already in the collection of the royal family. The order came from Queen Emma, who gave it to her daughter, Queen Wilhelmina, as a present. There [read more]
The Antique Pearl Tiara was made in 1900 and was designed to mimic the shape of an older Pearl tiara in the Dutch collection once owned by Anna Pavlovna, wife of King William II of the Netherlands. It is not clear what happened to the older pearl tiara. The large pearls sit upright on this [read more]
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