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In 1959, [[Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria]] presented the Greek Crown Jewels (also called the Greek Regalia) back to King [[Paul of Greece]]. Greek monarchs since Otto had not been [[coronation|crowned]]. Nevertheless the Crown Jewels of Otto were accepted and remain in Greece. |
In 1959, [[Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria]] presented the Greek Crown Jewels (also called the Greek Regalia) back to King [[Paul of Greece]]. Greek monarchs since Otto had not been [[coronation|crowned]]. Nevertheless the Crown Jewels of Otto were accepted and remain in Greece. |
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As well as royal regalia, the Greek royal family owned an impressive collection of jewels. The most important and impressive were a set of Cabochon emeralds brought to Greece by Queen Olga, after her death they were inherited by her grandson George II who made them into a parure for his wife Queen Elizabeth, born princess of Romania. After his divorce in 1935 they passed to future Queen Frederika, born princess of Hannover then to her daughter-in-law Anne-Marie of Denmark. |
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Other pieces include a ruby laurel wreath tiara and a large diamond floral tiara owned by Queen Sophia, born princess of Prussia which then passed to Queen Frederika then Crown princess Marie-Chantal. Queen Frederika once owned a large sapphire that had belonged to Queen Marie of Romania. Other members of the Greek royal family such as Princess Marie Bonaparte and Princess Alice of Battenberg (mother of the Duke of Edinburgh), Princess Anastasia and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna (Mother of Marina Duchess of Kent owned impressive pieces of jewellery. |
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Revision as of 23:48, 31 January 2012
When Otto of Bavaria became the first King of Greece in 1832 when the great European powers forced the militarily chastened Ottoman Empire to formally accept its independence, he brought with him from Bavaria some of his ancestral Wittelsbach dynasty crown jewels: a crown, orb and sceptre which he declared to be the Crown Jewels of Greece. However, when he was overthrown in a coup in 1862 and fled, he took "his" jewels back with him to Bavaria.
In 1959, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria presented the Greek Crown Jewels (also called the Greek Regalia) back to King Paul of Greece. Greek monarchs since Otto had not been crowned. Nevertheless the Crown Jewels of Otto were accepted and remain in Greece.
As well as royal regalia, the Greek royal family owned an impressive collection of jewels. The most important and impressive were a set of Cabochon emeralds brought to Greece by Queen Olga, after her death they were inherited by her grandson George II who made them into a parure for his wife Queen Elizabeth, born princess of Romania. After his divorce in 1935 they passed to future Queen Frederika, born princess of Hannover then to her daughter-in-law Anne-Marie of Denmark.
Other pieces include a ruby laurel wreath tiara and a large diamond floral tiara owned by Queen Sophia, born princess of Prussia which then passed to Queen Frederika then Crown princess Marie-Chantal. Queen Frederika once owned a large sapphire that had belonged to Queen Marie of Romania. Other members of the Greek royal family such as Princess Marie Bonaparte and Princess Alice of Battenberg (mother of the Duke of Edinburgh), Princess Anastasia and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna (Mother of Marina Duchess of Kent owned impressive pieces of jewellery.
References
- The Greek Royal Regalia
- John Van der Kiste, Kings of the Hellenes: The Greek Kings 1863-1974 (Sutton Publishing, 1994).