7 Tiaras of European Royal Families
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You can’t be a King without the bling, and you can’t be a Queen without the sheen. Royal women have long donning glittering headgear to make them stand out from the crowd. Tiaras are works of art and are fitted with pricey diamonds, pearls and other precious stones. As these heirlooms are often passed down female family lines it is fascinating to see how they bounced across Europe with royal brides. Today, let's gawk at 7 of the most impressive and historic European royal Tiaras.
Empress Josephine’s Cameo Tiara
Norwegian Emerald Parure Tiara
Stuart Tiara
Fleur-de-Lys “La Buena” Tiara
Prussian Diamond Tiara
Tsarina Alexandra’s Pearl and Diamond Diadem
Khedive of Egypt Tiara
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For a modern day tiara story, consider Princess Charlene of Monaco. The Grimaldi family lost jewels in the French revolution, and Princess Grace didn't wear tiaras that often. Her daughter Princess Caroline is rarely shown with a tiara. With the marriage of Prince Albert in 2011, Monaco finally had a reigning princess again after almost 30 years. Albert commissioned a modern gold tiara that his wife wore to their wedding reception, as well as an ocean themed tiara with blue and white jewels in circular patterns. Princess Charlene wore this convertible tiara as a necklace to a gala and also as a tiara in a photo shoot, and it went on display with the wedding dress after the wedding. She hasn't really worn it much at all since. Albert bought most of these jewels from Van Cleef & Arpels in Paris. These jewels will probably stay with the family and pass to their twin children, Jacques and Gabriella. So, these tiaras are neither old nor made from inherited jewels, but will start a new legacy.
Princess Charlene doesn't seem to wear much jewelry in general, but maybe it's because of personal preference
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At 3:34. Fun fact: the Swedish royal family is from the House of Bernadotte of France. Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was the man who founded this new Swedish dynasty, when he became the adopted son of a childless Swedish King Charles XIII in 1810. He ascended the throne as King Charles XIV John. How did a Frenchman become the adopted son of a Swedish king? Because Bernadotte was one of Napoleon's most trusted marshals. During the Napoleonic Wars, Bernadotte had shown himself to be compassionate to Swedish prisoners of war. The Swedish government never forgot this, so in 1810 it unexpectedly chose him to become the adopted son and heir presumptive to Sweden's king. So having the cameo tiara of Empress Josephine be incorporated into the Swedish crown jewels was not the only French thing ending up unexpectedly in Sweden. LOL.
Ohhhhh don't forget the most juicy part. Bernadotte's wife was engaged to Napoleon first, but then he met Josephine. (whose actual name was Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, Napoleon decided he liked Josephine better - Beauharnais was the last name her her first - executed - husband) Her sister married Napoleon's brother, Joseph.
Napoleon felt bad about breaking off the engagement with Désirée, so he tried to marry her off to another of his generals - Duphot, but he was killed the day before they were to get married, in a riot. Désirée claimed the engagement never happened, but there's records of it, so...
She ended up moving back to France, all of Napoleon's family members sided with her against Josephine, and Désirée definitely had some observations about Josephine, but apparently kept the peace. She was proposed to by another General, said no, and then Napoleon told Bernadotte about her. She finally agreed to marry him.
The some of the jewels she was given? They were purchased for her by Napoleon. He wanted all of the women of his court to look *fabulous* for his coronation. She also had a malachite and gold set made for her that featured mythological figures on the malachite.
The Danish Ruby Parure uses the rubies from Désirée's ruby coronation jewelry. They went from French, to Italian (Bernadotte was made Prince of Ponte Corvo), to Swedish, to Danish jewels worn by queens. Oscar (Désirée's son) married Josephine (Josephine's granddaughter), and then their granddaughter, Lovisa, married Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark.
I should probably stop reading so much lol
The Joséphine de Beauharnais Cameo tiara is in a class of its own if you ask me. Swedish Television released a short documentary about the royal jewelry collection a couple of years ago and the craftsmanship of the Cameo tiara in particular is breathtaking.
Im a fan of any high art jewelry work that eschews faceted stones :)
The cameo has always been one of my absolute favorite pieces. It’s just so unique!
It was made with love and effort and I feel like that is what makes it charming and beautiful
I’m enchanted by the cameo tiara. It is unique.
I’m enchanted by the cameo tiara. It’s so unique.
The Swedish and Danish collections have some eccentric tiaras and I love it!
It should be noted that tiaras and matching jewelry often come up for sale at the large auction houses like Sotheby's and Christie's in London. They can be bought by royals (as in the case of Princess Margaret for her wedding tiara, which was later sold by her kids at Christie's after her death), aristocrats or anybody with money. You can also go to the fine jewelry stores and commission a new tiara for a family heirloom. The Duke of Windsor commissioned several pieces for his wife, as the British royals didn't want to lend any of the royal tiaras to the wife of the abdicated king. Among others, a receipt in 1939 shows Edward paid £10,000 for a single piece of jewelry for his wife, which was a tremendous amount of money in the 1930's. These were all auctioned off after her death in the 1980s.
19-year-old Alfonso XIII: "Mom, I want to marry this girl."
Queen Maria Christina: "Son, I don't think it's a good idea. She might give birth to kids with a deadly blood disease."
Alfonso: "Mom, please! We're in LOVE!"
Maria Christina: "...Alright, fine."
(Several years later)
Victoria: gives birth to two sons who end up inheriting said deadly blood disease
Alfonso: "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
Me: Nah I’ve never really been a jewellery person; I’ll wear a watch but that’s it.
Tiaras: *sparkle*
Me: I NEED THEM ALL
I like the Khedive of Egypt tiara 😍😍 The swirl pattern is so gorgeous. Special mention for Josephine's cameo tiara. I love diamonds and pearls 🤩
I love that tiara too! It is stunning!
Too bad the ruby and diamond set made for Desiree Clary, the later Queen of Sweden, for Napoleon's coronation didn't make one of the spots. It went first to Sweden, but when Desiree's granddaughter, Lovisa, married the future King Frederik the VIII of Denmark, Lovisa was gifted the set with the words "The Danish colors should go to Denmark". It has since been worn only by future Queens of Denmark and is currently being used by Crown Princess Mary.
What's also interesting is that much of the Danish royal collection of jewels came from Lovisa, who famously brought so many jewels to Denmark they could fill out an entire pool table.
Lovisa was the only daughter (and really, only child!) so it made sense for her to end up with a lot of the Swedish jewels. I’m glad the cameo stayed in Sweden though, it looks incredible on Victoria.
The ruby and diamond parure is very lovely - but I don't think it could outrank the others on the list.
It's essentially just a really nice leaf motif with small-ish ruby clusters - so definitely very wearable and elegant, not to mention adjustable. (That set has been rearranged enough times to make anybody dizzy - and I think that's a good thing!) It's great for the second-ranking female royal - but it's not the "big guns" in terms of royal bling. We'll see what Mary looks like with the pearl poire set in due course - I'm sure it will look wonderful.
@@CopenhagenDreaming the Pearl parure yes. That is a magnificent set that also came from Lovisa, and one of the Queen’s favorites. No doubt about it it Will look magnificent on Mary. Also the emerald tiara that’s part of the Crown Jewels. The Queen’s flower tiara that Can be broken into several pieces I’m curious to see who ends up with that one. Could imagine Princess Isabella wearing that one.
@@christinaj.jensen4805 Mary is a very pretty person and knows how to stand up straight - so she can probably carry almost any jewels you could throw at her! (As could, of course, so many other women - but they won't have access to quite the same jewellery vault... I'm sure you'd look wonderful in the rubies!)
Also, I'm kind of against the monarchy, just for the record. But the current royals? Fair enough. Can't be bothered to start a revolution against a queen who is so delightfully weird and artistic. Mary seems boring by comparison - but she does seem to have personality, which is important. After all, being able to wear jewellery is only a tiny part of the job.
@@CopenhagenDreaming Well, that’s your right to be against it. Just like it is mine to be for it :)
Lindsay - your vids are always fantastic and informative. Can you do a vid more in detail explaining the differences between a Crown, Circlet, Tiara and a Diadem, Bandeau etc? they all blend together and some look like a crown but called a Diadem. ex. Queen Elizabeth George IV Diadem she would wear to the state opening of parliament. its round and looks like a crown to me etc. and give clear defined examples of each. Even in one Harry Potter film they were looking for a Diadem which looked like a Tiara 3/4 hoop on the head with just a small grouping of gems at the front. Thank you!!!! signed. CONFUSED! :)
I've never been a big pearl fan, but those Russian tiara's with those massive pearls is simply stunning. As is the Egyptian styled one. But I think the scroll one is my favorite.
It was interesting seeing other European tiaras so used to only seeing British ones
British seem to use their less than many others since they usually wear hats and not tiaras at weddings. Also Swedish and Norwegian royals were them at Nobel ceremonies.
Truly love the Fleur-de-Lys tiara design. You can tell that it's very French based loyalty from the get go.
All of the European royal families are interlinked like a web. Gorgeous tiaras btw. Thanks for sharing.
The Romanovs did not sew their jewels into clothing until well after their arrest. It was done in Tobolsk, primarily by Olga, Tatiana and Maria as well as their maid, while the rest of the family was on their way to Ekaterinburg. Alix wrote to them to “arrange the medicines (jewels) as discussed”. This is also why Maria’s body was noted not to have any, because she was gone at the time.
The Prussian Diamond tiara is my favorite. It's just beautiful to me.
Victoria of Baden is not the current queen of Sweden. The current queen is Silvia Sommerlath. Her daughter Victoria is the crown princess.
The Fleur de Lis La Buena tiara owned by the spanish royals is beautiful. That stunner was probably the nicest thing King Alfonso did to Princess Ena. I also love the Kedive of Egypt tiara.
Omg finally a video about tiaras! I've been waiting for this since you posted about the crown jewels video last year. I know this is going to be another good video that I will love. 🥰
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You can’t be a Queen without the Sheen, and you can’t be a Princess without the Finesse 👸💃
What a treat to watch this! I’m already a fan of this channel, but I’m also a fan of videos and websites about historical and royal jewels. Looking forward to the next one.
Premiering at my midnight again 😂😭 Well, you cannot please the whole globe in this game.. 😂
Yessss, I've been waiting for this video for ages. Thank you, Lindsay! Can't wait for part 2
You really do provide great content. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
Awesome stories! I especially loved the segment about the Russian royal family. I love them so much I named my daughter Zarina.
I named my daughter Colleen Alexandra.......the Alixandra being for the Czarina.
I love this topic! Thank you Lindsay!!!
speaking of the british royal family and henry's wives in your merch store, have you seen/heard of SIX the musical? if you haven't, i recommend it!! it was so much fun!!
Great work. Wondering if you have or can do a video on defunct royal houses of Europe?
I enjoyed that, look forward to the next episode.
Lovely video with lovely royal bling. I look forward to the QEII jewels video. 🤓
Thank You Lindsay!❤
Can you maybe do queen Elizabeth jewellery collection or princess Diana ?😊😊😊😊
Love the history of the tiara!
A fun fact relating to the Cameo Tiara - Prince Oskar of Sweden was the son of Carl XIV Johan and Queen Desideria, or as they were known before they were elected to the Swedish throne, Jean-Baptist Bernadotte and Desiree Clary. Desiree is famous for being the subject of the romantic novel and later film adaptation of the same name, about her early romance and eventual long-term friendship with Napoleon. She and Princess - later Queen - Josefina became quite close during in their long dowager retirements after the deaths of their husbands.
I love the emerald one the best
0:24 not me thinking it looks like they are taking selfies😂
beautiful tiaras! great information
LOVE this! Thank you so much!
Personally I adore the Brabant laurel wreath tiara. It’s such an elegant piece.
As always excellent video. Please could you do a video on on tiaras in other monarchies around the world. Empress Farah’s tiara was a sight to behold
I know this is going to be fantastic!
I enjoy all of your videos and find them interesting. I would love to see more videos in jewelry and other royal items.
Tiaras are so beautiful, and I wish it was acceptable for non-royal women to wear them for more than just their weddings. I ordered a beautiful silver circlet set with a single moonstone for my wedding, but didn't get to wear it -- it didn't arrive until a week afterwards, despite the fact I ordered it two months in advance. I so want the opportunity to wear it, but I haven't had a chance since.
They do adult proms here where I live. Check into. Get yourself a pretty dress and dress up and rock it! We wore tiara's for formals in school from 00'-04.
The cameo tiara is gorgeous
So interesting. Thank you.
Joséphine Charlotte of Luxembourg looked very similar to Tatjana Romanowa the murdered daughter of Zar Nikolaus II. ... that instantly makes me cry !
Thank you
My two favorite tiaras are Princess Diana's Spencer tiara and the one worn by Princess Kate on her wedding to Prince William.
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There’s a channel called Royal Fashion News that talks about the history of tiaras every Tuesday “Tiara Tuesday” It’s good!
Loved it ❤
I’m a descendent from empress Josephine
At 15:39. I'm a bit confused. Why does the Fleur-de-Lys tiara have a connection to Britain on this map? I thought it was made in Spain through a commission paid for by the King of Spain, Alfonso XIII, as a gift to his wife. I'm assuming all the giant glittering diamonds in the tiara had previously been in the Spanish crown jewels and were simply reset in this fabulous tiara.
Great video!
Interestingly you can see the Tiara that Alexandra wore at her wedding to Nicholas in Washington DC. It’s part of the collection at the Hillwood Museum
I guess that goes to show you who really killed them
I wondered why the Spanish tiara looked small on Victoria Eugenie's head. And it's because back in the 1910s hair was massive!
What a tiaria bling
The history of jewellery is indeed interesting.
Would you consider doing a series on Royal women who have been canonized?
Absolutely destroyed Reign😂😂😂 we didn’t watch for the accuracy we watched for how beautiful Adelaide Kane is! And Toby Regbo has been my celebrity crush for more than ten years now idk if anyone can beat him
More bling stories please. I want to start a collection of replica jewel pieces ❤
YES 🙌🙌🙌
Can you do a piece on the English Lord's Coronets and Robes.
It would also be wonderful to hear the significance of the Monarches Robes, Crowns, and the Royal Jewels and Seat used during the Coronation and how they came about.
It’s not like he didn’t know her family carried the gene for hemophilia!!!!! It’s not liked he wasn’t warned constantly!!!! And he blames her for his sons deaths!!!??? Pretty shitty to me!
I love the Oriental Tiara (I know and understand the term “oriental” is very outdated and problematic, it is the offical name of this tiara hence why I used it) it’s covered in rubies and diamonds designed by Albert for Victoria
Oriental is descriptive and isn’t, ‘out of favor’ unless you’re mentally I’ll without a life of your own. Thank you for using it
@@debbylou5729 not from what I’ve seen, and why be a bitch about it
@@wasumoto457 please stay in you own lane, with your own people. You clearly lack communication skills. Lower classes usually resort to name calling that’s just vulgar without an ounce of creativity. Get an education, learn some new words and try to insult me after, ok?
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Could you do a video on Abolished and Defunct Monarchies ?
Hi! Can you also make a video on how Royal Names work?
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The former King of Greece, Constantine II, passed away on 10 January 2023. May he rest in peace.
All sets are stunning, but the Dutch Stuart Tiara is the most valuable and most historically significant
So,just a few things that you may have gotten wrong during the research for this video (which,by the way,is totally understandable):
01- Dom Pedro I died while he was in Portugal,in 1834 and Amelia was with him and their only child Maria Amélia. Since Amelia only married Pedro in 1829,she only spend two years in Brasil before heading to Portugal.
02- The emerald tiara was actually a gift from Augusta to Amelia due to her wedding to Dom Pedro I (IV of Portugal) in 1829. She is even depicted wearing said tiara when she exited the ship in Brasil. By the way,the emeralds where probably Colombian or Brasilian. The Russian emeralds hadn't been discovered yet at the time of Josephine.
And,some fun fact:
* the cameos from Josephine's tiara are originals and where found in Pompey and Herculaneum.
*Alongside the other jewelry Amelia left to her sister,was the Bragança Tiara she had gotten as birthday gift from Pedro. The Brazilian diamonds in the tiara were originally from a necklace he had given to his first wife,empress Leopoldina,when they got married by proxy. The necklace was dismantled to make an gift for Amelia because Brasil had apparently run out of diamonds that big.
ooo! can you do a spanish tirara viedo..La Buena is amazing!
Do the crowns of countries eventually
4:08 I wasn’t aware of this fact about poor Sibylla before.
I was wondering why in a different video on another channel that all the tiaras were from the 1800s and mostly the early 1900s. I was thinking all the crowns that survived the centuries but no tiaras? Glad I clicked your video!😊
Great job, Lindsey!!! How about doing the intricate headdresses/crowns of the empresses of China?
so fasinating
Great job, Lindsey!!! How about doing the headdresses/crowns of the empresses of China?
I would like to see how the late prince Philip was related the Russian royal family, the Romanovs, it was his DNA that help identify their remains. I would to see a family tree connecting the 2 families.
He is related to them through all of his 4 grandparents ( quick google search)
His grandmother, Princess Victoria of Mountbatten was sister to Czarina Alexandria...the Russian Czarina was his great Aunt...both women were the daughters of Princess Alice of GB, 2nd daughter of Victoria and Albert
So the next video will cover tiaras that were PERSONALLY OWNED by QE2?
The Vlad has an amazing history. That video would be cool.
could you do a video about queen astrid of belgium?
King Haakon and then Crownprince of Norway Olaf, didn't "walk" to Sweden! They fled to the North of Norway, and was boarding a warship that got them to Great Britain june 1940!🤗
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You incorrectly called Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain as Queen Anna
Regarding the white hair thing.. I'm no expert but I don't think hair works like that.. it's dead once it grows out of the root, only changes done to the colour and texture are exclusively caused by external factors 😅
You know, I really don't care that Margaery wears a tiara. She deserved it more than most other characters in that show.
I would like to know; was it the same for crowns? Did kings still wear those? I've seen paintings with kings wearing them I think...? (Not sure RN. It's 340am and I was awoken from a dead sleep.) So, I could be talking bullshit. But I'm pretty sure I've seen paintings with kind wearing crowns....?
Can you do Denmark tiaras
It was the first time that the Diadem was made instead of the tiara.
Pearl and diamond diadem might be destroyed or hidden elsewhere...
So now basically because all these countries are monarchies till now in Europe, all of them constitute One Family.
They are almost never passed down female line but owned by the make.
Thank you for a very interesting video. Slightly annoying at the end when you referred to Princess Diana but called Princess Catherine by her maiden name. She has not been Catherine Middleton since 2011.
Further, she was never Princess Diana. She was Diana, Princess of Wales. Only women born into a royal family can be addressed as “Princess ……” such as Princess Anne. And, HRH The Princess of Wales loathes being called “Kate.” She has been very clear that she prefers the name Catherine.
@@leechase1319 Thank you for this. Did not know about the Princess Diana reference.
@@leechase1319 Thank you, too. I've been correcting that with friends and family for years (though I'm not a royalist).
@@leechase1319 Correction, this only applies to the British royal family - women marrying into other royal houses are styled 'Princess first name', e.g. Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Princess Sofia of Sweden, Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands (now Queen Maxima), Princess Marie of Denmark, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, etc.
I heard if you marry into the British Royal Family, whilst you’re not called Princess Polly for instance you can be called Princess then your husband’s name. For examples Markle thought she’d be Princess Meghan but she could be known as Princess Henry just like Princess Michael of Kent. I loved the sleekness of the Prussian tiara.
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Queen Elizabeth: Hey Alexandra give us our Tara back. How dare you flaunt it front of us.
Alexandra: No.
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I wish there was a translation into Portuguese
Why do they still wear tiaras at events?
Because why not?
A tease from Maxima to wear a British diamond tiara to Buckingham palace, lol when Queen Elizabeth ll traveled to Russia she chose not to wear a russian tiara out of respect