Jewels of Queen Margrethe

With Queen Margrethe II’s abdication in 2024 after 52 years on the Danish throne, her son King Fredrik X is now king of Denmark. Explore the jewels of the Danish monarchs, with a strong trend of Danish, Swedish, Dutch and German women running through the collection.

Sources:

“The Midnight Tiara”, Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen, https://www.olelynggaard.com/news-and-highlights/stories/the-midnight-tiara (2023)

Mickey Boardman, “Eternal Love in Diamonds”, Only Natural Diamonds, https://www.naturaldiamonds.com/rare/brief-royal-history-khedive-of-egypt-diamond-tiara/

The Court Jeweller, “The Pearl Poire Tiara”, https://www.thecourtjeweller.com/2017/01/the-pearl-poire-tiara.html (2017)

The Royal Watcher Blog, https://royalwatcherblog.com/2022/04/16/queen-margrethes-82nd-birthday/

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Margarita II born April 16th 19 40 is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as queen of Denmark from 1972 until her abdication in February 2024 marking 52 years to the day of her Reign you may recognize her as the Royal with a classic beehive hairdo having

Reigned for exactly 52 years she was the second longest reigning monarch after Christian IV a Danish King of the 1600s and the longest reigning female Monarch in Danish history the Danish Royals do not have a crowning ceremony after an abdication and so while her son former Prince

Frederick is now queen or I’m sorry King Frederick I 10th there was little Fanfare about it let’s take a look at the Danish tiaras that we may see on King Frederick’s Queen Mary Mary of Denmark Queen Mary was actually born in Australia making her the only Australian

Born monarch of Europe her style isn’t as interesting as Queen margarites Queen margarit Once sewed a waxy orange and yellow tablecloth into a raincoat and she personally illustrated The Works of JRR tolken and shared those illustrations with the author in contrast Queen Mary’s style is more subdued and she volunteers for the

United Nations population fund which seems devoted to increasing populations in third world countries while decreasing populations in developed white countries Denmark at 1.78 births per woman is currently under natural replacement levels however we did see an uptick of 3% in Denmark births last year and Queen Mary and King Frederick have

Fourth children so hopefully the uptick continues otherwise Danish politicians will likely turn to the tried and true ethnic replacement voter block method seen in the United Kingdom Germany Ireland France Portugal Spain Italy and the United States Denmark is perhaps one of the most Tiara rich countries in Europe

Europe but among their large cache of sparklers a few Tiaras stand out as particularly historically important one of these the Pearl po Tiara highlights the maternal Heritage of the Danish Kingdom The Tiara is made of diamonds set with 18 pear-shaped or PIR pendant pearls it’s thought to have been made in

The first half of the 19th century in his book on Denmark’s Royal jewels bearstein Jensen Notes The Tiara was a wedding gift in 1825 to Princess Louise of Prussia on her marriage to Prince Frederick of the Netherlands Prussia is an important country to Danish history since Denmark

Sits above Germany in Europe Louise was the daughter of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia which has led many to presume The Tiara was made in present day Germany most likely in Berlin The Tiara was accompanied by a diamond brooch with five Pearl pendants Princess Louise was painted in it in

1856 we see a similar or perhaps the same Tiara appear on princess Maryanne of the Netherlands and so it’s likely that the Tiara was shared among the Dutch royal family in 1849 Prince Frederick and Princess Louise helped to arrange a marriage between their eldest daughter Princess Louise and Crown Prince Charles

Of Sweden it wasn’t a happy marriage Louise then Louise of Princess Louise was very much in love with Charles but he didn’t find her attractive and treated her with disdain and neglect in 1859 when his father died the couple became King Charles I 15th and queen

Louise of Sweden and Norway they had two children but only one Princess Lisa lived to adulthood back in the Netherland Princess Louise became ill in late 1870 Queen Louise of Sweden and Norway traveled to be with her mother Princess Louise on her deathbed Princess Louise died in December 1870 and in her will

She left the Pearl poir Tiara to Queen Louise of Sweden but Queen Louise made her way back to Stockholm and then caught pneumonia before the contents of her mother’s estate could be distributed Queen Lou died too she never got to wear the Pearl Tiara but another Louisa would be able

To wear it The Tiara was subsequently given to Queen Louisa’s only daughter Princess Lisa of Sweden even though Lisa was the only living child of King Charles I 15th the constitution in Sweden at the time prevented her from inheriting her father’s Throne this was amended upon margarite’s father’s death

To ascend the throne Princess Lisa agreed in 1869 to a marriage with Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark The Tiara traveled with Crown Princess Lisa to Copenhagen and it has been in Danish hands ever since in 1896 Lisa wore the pearls at the marriage of her son Prince

Carl to princess ma of Wales in London Frederick and Lisa became Denmark’s king and queen in 1906 in Lisa’s hands the tiara became a part of a married perur matched up with other similar pieces of Pearl and Diamond jewelry to make a set the Tiara itself looks similar to the Cambridge lovers not

Tiara a large Diamond brooch with five Pearl pendants had been made to match the Tiara at the time of its original creation and Lisa inherited that as well she began wearing both pieces with a pearl and diamond necklace that she had received as a wedding gift from the cad

Of Egypt two Pearl pendants that were originally part of that necklace were also turned into earrings one more piece was also added to this perur a Pearl and Diamond cluster brooch which was originally the clasp of an elaborate pearl necklace this necklace had been Lisa’s wedding gift from SAR Alexander

III of Russia and his wife Maria fardon NOA born princess Dagmar of Denmark she was Sister of Lisa’s husband Frederick Queen Margarita II has worn this necklace with the crown as well in her will Lisa placed this entire group of Pearl and Diamond jewels in trust ensuring that the set could never be

Broken up although the suite is not part of the Danish crown jewels it passes directly from Monarch to Monarch and it is generally worn only by the country’s Queen all of Lisa’s successors queen alexandrine queen ingred and queen Margarita the second have worn the Pearl poir Tiara and the accompanying Pearl

And diamonds on two separate occasions however the Tiara has been worn by a member of the royal family acting as a representative of the Monarch in 1937 Crown Princess ingred borrowed the Tiara from her mother-in-law for the coronation of King George I 6 and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom for the

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Denmark was represented by Prince Axel and Princess Margarita she also borrowed and wore the Pearl Tiara Queen Margarita was generally generous with her jewelry loans as we will see the kiv of Egypt Tiara created by Cartier in 1905 may be one of the most

Romantic of the Danes kiv means Turkish Viceroy and reflects the ottoman period of its creation Princess Margaret of canat known in the family as Daisy was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a very eligible princess she joined her parents the Duke and Duchess of canat and her sister princess Patricia on a

Royal tour of Egypt Royal parents in those days always kept an eye out for appropriate Royal spouses for their marriage age daughters while in Cairo the family met Prince Gustaf Adolf the future king of Sweden and he and Daisy fell in love they were married at Windsor Castle and Daisy received a

Cavalcade of jewels as wedding gifts including the canot Diamond Tiara made by Jeweler e wolf and Company from her parents and the King Edward iith Ruby Tiara from her uncle the king of England in May 1920 she died and when he announced her death Sweden’s prime minister declared that the ray of

Sunshine at Stockholm Palace has gone out while Daisy’s two tis are stunning and still worn by members of the Swedish royal family today the most sentimental gift Daisy received for her wedding was the Civ of Egypt Tiara now held by the Danes this is a diamond scroll Tiara

Given by kiv abas II of Egypt as a momento of the couple falling in love in Cairo kiv Abus II was an Egyptian nationalist who openly openly defied British influence in his court and was subsequently exiled to Switzerland so his friendship to another European Kingdom may have had deeper motives The

Tiara features seven circular Scrolls in diamonds set in Platinum and topped by floating diamonds surrounded by a laurel wreath pattern Royal Jewel expert Lauren Kina of the Court Jeweler website says I love the romantic love story behind it but I like the design too the scrolls are so balanced and the Laurel Leaf

Designs are integrated so beautifully and it looks fantastic fastic with a bridal veil the Edwardian era was a more is more period with royal magpies like Daisy’s Aunt Queen Alexandra covering themselves with jewels from head to waist consequently many Jewelers created pieces that could be adapted and worn in

Multiple ways and the Kad Tiara is no exception it can have its frame removed and worn as an enormous dress ornament or stomacher Daisy and her husband moved to Sweden where they had five children and including her only daughter ingred at the age of 38 while pregnant with her

Sixth child Daisy died of sepsis ingred who was only 10 years old when her mother passed away inherited the Civ of Egypt Tiara and took it with her to Denmark when she married Crown Prince F Frederick in 1935 ingred didn’t wear the Civ for her wedding but it’s become the wedding

Tiara of choice for all Queen ing’s female descendants including her daughters Queen Margarita of Denmark princess Benedict of St wienstein Burber and queen anarie of Greece it’s also been worn at the weddings by all ing’s married granddaughters as a momento of love the Baden palmet Tiara is an

Heirloom with a long history The Tiara is originally German it was made in the 19th century by coch it was a wedding gift from King vilhelm of Prussia to his daughter Princess Louise for her marriage to Grand Duke Frederick of B in 1856 The Tiara then migrated to Stockholm when Frederick and Louise’s

Daughter Victoria married King Gustav I of Sweden in 1881 on Victoria’s death in 1930 her granddaughter princess ingred inherited The Tiara when ingred married Friedrich I 9th of Denmark 5 years later The Tiara moved with her to Denmark when queen ingred died in 2000 her vast Jewel collection passed into the royal

Families of Denmark Greece and S Vicken Stein Burber Queen Margarita II was the lucky one who inherited the lovely petite Tiara The Tiara itself is sweet and romantic it features heart-shaped pmet motifs with small diamond flowers that have yellow toned centers in between the hearts the Romantic feel

Makes this Tiara perfect for weddings as well it’s also smaller and more comfortable than most of the show stopping Tiara’s owned by Queen margarth II so it makes frequent appearances Danish Queen Mary has worn the modern old lingard midnight Tiara before so it’s possible we will see it

Again according to the old lingard website the midnight Tiara is an extraordinary special piece designed by Goldsmith Charlotte lingard for a grand Exhibition at the Museum of amalienborg the Royal Palace in Copenhagen in 2009 Her Majesty Queen Mary has worn the midnight iara for several special occasions occasionally with a

Coordinating brooch and a pair of earrings designed by Charlotte lingard most recently Her Majesty Queen Mary wore the midnight Tiara along with a custommade gown also designed by Charlotte lingard for a 20122 Gala dinner at the Royal Palace of Osa throughout the years the midnight Tiara

Has also been put on display at selected exhibitions as well as the old lingard Copenhagen flagship store located in the heart of Copenhagen adorned with 1340 diamonds and 31 moonstones the midnight Tiara is composed of leaves and slender branches crafted from Black Black oxidized silver 18 karat rose gold and

18 carrat white gold the sprouting buds are set with 31 specially cut moonstones in a variety of blue black and white Hues and 1340 brilliant cut brilliant cut diamonds set in a sparkling Diamond pave inter interpreting the nuances of nature the midnight Tiara is an intricate piece of craftsmanship fine

Grooves are carefully hand engraved into the surface of the gold by Master goldsmiths creating a textured and truly unique finish more than 300 hours were put into the creation of The Tiara designing the midnight Tiara Charlotte lingard was inspired to create a complete collection of fine jewelry with

A unique satinized surface and the leaves collection was brought to life the satinized gold surface has since become a coveted signature feature in Old lingard copenhagen’s Fine Jewelry collections next consisting of three large and two smaller Diamond Flowers set in a foliate design the princess dogar tiara is of unknown provenance but

Since princess dogm Mar’s mother queen Lisa possessed a legendary jewelry collection it’s possible it could come from her however it is also likely that the Tiara was a cast in Gold Heirloom often worn by Princess dogar most notably at the 18th birthday banquet of her great niece

The current and now past Queen Margarita of Denmark in 1958 and the wedding of another great niece princess astred of Norway in 1961 just a few months before her death while some believe that the diamond floral Tiara was Beed to King Frederick the9th of Denmark upon the

Death death of princess dogar in 1961 it is more likely that the Tiara was acquired by the main line of the D Danish royal family sometime in the late 1960s or early 1970s when we see it worn by the newly assed Queen Margarita II for a banquet during her first state

Visit to Sweden hosted by her maternal grandfather in 1973 in 1975 princess dogm Mar’s Diamond floral Tiara was worn for the Nobel Prize ceremony in 19 75 when the queen and Prince Henrik joined her cousin King Carl Gustaf of Sweden while not a favorite like her floral aget Tiara

Princess dogm Mar’s Diamond floral Tiara was often worn by queen margarite during the 1980s with notable appearances including the Danish State visit to Japan in 1981 the islandic state banquet in 1981 the Danish State visit to Spain in 1983 a state visit to Egypt in 1986 Crown Prince Harold of Norway’s 50th

Birthday in 1987 a state visit to New Zealand in 1987 the confirmation of Crown Prince hacken of Norway in 1988 a state visit to Poland in 1993 and a state visit to Romanian 2000 the queen paired the tiara with her antique Diamond perer queen alexandrine safire perer or her Saudi diamond necklace in

1992 Queen Margarita II loaned princess dogar Diamond floral Tiara to her mother-in-law Countess Renee yavan de labor deat for the banquet and subsequent Gala dinner to celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary of the Danish Royals in 2001 The Tiara was loan to her niece princess Natalie of s Vicken Stein

Berber for the wedding of Crown Prince hacken of Norway after having given the alexandrian dro Tiara as a wedding gift to count CEST Alexandra Fredericksburg the first wife of her Second Son and she lost it at the time of their divorce when Prince the her younger son married Mary Cavalier in

2008 Queen Margarita II learned from this and gave princess dagmar’s diamond floral tiar not as a wedding gift to her younger son’s second wife princess Marie but stipulated it as a long-term loan so she wouldn’t lose it like she did the alexandrine drop Tiara in a potential

Divorce which Royal Danish tiara is your favorite