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May 10, 2020 · The Grand Duchess Vladimir was one of the most important jewellery collectors in history. This suite of jewels included a large brooch with a step cut emerald weighing 107 Carats once belonging to Catherine the Great and a 100 Carat Hexagonal cut emerald set into a large necklace.
Jun 2, 2019 · The Duchess, born Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, joined the Romanov dynasty in 1874 when she married Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, uncle to the doomed last Romanov Emperor,...
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By Isaac Bickerstaff. Smuggled out of Russia following the assassination of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, it has a fascinating history, one that could just as easily be the plot of a novel. It belonged to the rather glamorous Grand Duchess Vladimir, the wife of the Tsar’s uncle, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, who lived ...
Jun 19, 2022 · The Grand Duchess Vladimir Tiara is thought to be one of the most important jewels in the Queen’s collection. The tiara belonged to Duchess Vladimir, a relation to the last Romanov in the Russian Empire and she is rumored to be the last Romanov to have left Russian soil after the revolution – taking many of her jewels with her.
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Apr 11, 2020 · The Duchess, born Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, joined the Romanov dynasty in 1874 when she married Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, uncle to the doomed last Romanov Emperor,...
Jul 27, 2019 · The Vladimir Tiara survived revolution and upheaval to become one of the most iconic diadems in the world. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, ca. 1880s (Royal Collection Trust) The tiara’s original owner was one of the most important figures of the Romanov imperial court at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Queen Mary wearing a mixture of the original pearls and the Cambridge emeralds. The Grand Duchess Vladimir Tiara (Владимирская тиара), sometimes the Diamond and Pearl Tiara, was bought, along with a diamond rivière, by Queen Mary from Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, mother of the Duchess of Kent, in 1921 for a ...
