Swedish Crown Princess Victoria Favorite Tiara

Written by James Matthews

Swedish Crown Princess Victoria is going to get married soon. She favors a tiara worn by  Queen Victoria of Sweden.  The  Queen Victoria of Sweden, nee Baden, wearing the Leucthenberg Saphires.

It is said that The Leucthenberg Sapphire parure (A parure is a set of various items of matching jewelry, which rose to popularity in 17th century Europe. The word is derived from Old French, parure means adornment, from the verb parer, to adorn.) is made from a belt that was part of Empress Josephine of the French people’s sapphire parure.

The pear shaped sapphires in the tiara have been replaced by large pear formed pearls, but no one since Queen Victoriahas has worn the pearls. The parure was also a favorite of her successor, Queen Louise, nee Battenberg/Mountbatten, who made the earrings out of two hairpins.

What is interesting about this picture is that Queen Victoria is also wearing the Baden Fringe tiara over her chest. The tiara that she got as a wedding present from her parents and that she wore as a necklace on her wedding to the crown prince Gustav.The tiara is a favorite of today’s Crown Princess Victoria.

This post was written by James Matthews. If you have any questions or comments you may contact him at james@jewelerslounge.com