Jewels of the Spanish Aristocracy


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An Ard Ri said:
Tiara of the Marquesses of Casa Riera,the late mother of H.M.Queen Fabiola of Belgium.

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6752/68188601dp8.jpg
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Can you tell me the name of this tiara? This is one outstanding tiara, I used to be on *Tiara a Day* until they left and have never seen this one. Would this still be in the family today of Queen Fabiola? I would love to see this one on a queen's head........really beautiful and has lots of bling/diamonds.
 
I'll see what I can find out,its possible it was sold after Queen Fabiola's mother Blanca de Aragón died in 1981.
 
An Ard Ri said:
There's a thread on the jewels of the Duchess of Alba ,perhaps we could merge the 2?

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f20/jewels-of-the-duchess-of-alba-9334.html
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Imo, it would be a good idea to merge the two threads. The Alba's thread doesn't have much traffic anyway, and the Alba jewels really fit into this topic.
An Ard Ri said:
The late Duchess of Medinaceli wearing the same tiara as above.

[URL="http://www.arsmagazine.com/uploads/images//000/002/927/news_story_detail-Retrato%20Duquesa%20de%20Medinaceli.jpg"]http://www.arsmagazine.com/uploads/images//000/002/927/news_story_detail-Retrato%20Duquesa%20de%20Medinaceli.jpg[/URL]
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Yes, that must be the same tiara. Anfortunately, it was auctioned by Sotheby's some years ago. But I couldn't find the exact date of the sale.
View image: medinaceli palmette
 
An Ard Ri said:
Tiara of the Marquesses of Casa Riera,the late mother of H.M.Queen Fabiola of Belgium.

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6752/68188601dp8.jpg
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So far I could never find any additional information on this tiara.
This is Isabela Escrivá de Romaní y de Miguel, a grand-daughter of Fabiola's sister Maria de las Nieves. But I don't think that the tiaras really match.
View image: Isabela Escrivá de Romaní

This design was very often used for Spanish tiaras, because the strawberry leafs were a heraldic symbol associated with dukes, marquesses and counts.

Eg. the Duchess of Alba has a strawberry leaf tiara as well. The Medinaceli family prabably even had two. One was sold to General Franco and given to Queen Fabiola as a wedding present. The other one was worn by Laura Vecino when she married the late Duchess' grandson Rafael Medina.
View image: Laura Vecino
 
The Duchess of Alba probably still has the finest collection of jewels among the Spanish Nobility,its a pity that we only really ever to see the jewels of the nobility at weddings!
 
her beautiful wedding tiara, which her daughter also wore in hers, is the tiara of her ancestor Eugenia de Montijo, Empress Eugenia of France. it's a lovely piece indeed.

her daughters in law, Maria Hohenlohe and Matilde Solis, however, wore the russian tiara, of the Hijar house. this tiara has however been reportedly sold by the family. Maria Hohenlohe, reportedly, refused to wear the tiara (which was large and not very attractive), but in the end wore it at her wedding.

the tiara, on matilde:

http://www.abc.es/Media/201111/13/matildes-solis-tiara--146x220.jpg

genoveva casanova, also daughter in law of the late duchess, wore a smaller tiara, which is actually the wedding tiara cayetana and eugenia wore, the Eugenia de Montijo tiara, although simplified:

http://estaticos04.elmundo.es/elmun...ia_sevilla/1317398933_extras_ladillos_1_0.jpg

she also owned these beautiful emeralds, also from queen eugenia:

http://www.semana.es/wp-content/uploads/2b1-597x778.jpg?52417e
 
I have never seen a wedding picture of her son Jacobo. I wonder if an grand jewels had been used for his first wedding.


Also it is disappointing that the late Duchess did not lend a tiara for the weddings of her grandchildren. Or maybe those brides preferred to go tiara-less?
 
I had no idea it once belonged to the Empress Eugénie of France,it is a very beautiful tiara and goodness knows when we will see it again.
 
The thread about the Duchess of Alba Jewels has been merged with the this thread. So this is now the place to discuss all Spanish noble jewels.
 
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Romanones emerald tiara

An Ard Ri said:
Corinna Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein the friend of King Juan Carlos wearing the emerald necklace & earrings which was sold by the Spanish Dowager Countess de Romanones.


http://estaticos01.elmundo.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2014/07/12/14051290815779.jpg


Corinna 'estrena' las joyas de la condesa de Romanones | loc | EL MUNDO
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Here are some pictures of Alina, countess of Romanones, with the sapphires as tiara and as necklace.
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k628/TiliaCordata/Spain/es romanones2_zpsxolm8yp8.jpg
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k628/TiliaCordata/Spain/es romanones_zpsl5efkpfk.jpg
http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums/k628/TiliaCordata/Spain/es romanones3_zpstcni9dq3.jpg


The last picture is from the wedding of her son and Princess Teresa zu Sayn-Wittgentstein-Sayn. The other lady in the pic is Theresa's mother Princess Marianne zu SWS.
 
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Romanones emerald tiara

The stone in the Romanones necklace are of an amazing size and I love it as a necklace. But when worn as a tiara the single emerald prong should be taken off, it looks kind of ridiculous imho.
 
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Medinaceli honeysuckle tiara

Tilia C. said:
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The fact that there is now a new duke of Medinaceli, Marco of Hohenlohe-Langenburg y Medina, inspired me to look again into their family tiaras.

On the Foro Dinastias I found this picture of a bride with what looked like the tiara of the late Duchess of Medinaceli. http://postimg.org/image/97xy1sgif/
The text said that it was Flavia of Hohenlohe y Medina, sister of Marco of Hohenlohe.
But I always thought that this was a wedding pic of Flavia: http://postimg.org/image/o6s0sdrgt/

Can anyone here identify these two ladies? Which one is the real Flavia? And might the other bride be Sandra Schmidt-Polex, ex-wife of the new duke of Medinaceli?
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An Ard Ri said:
The late Duchess of Medinaceli wearing the same tiara as above.

http://www.arsmagazine.com/uploads/images//000/002/927/news_story_detail-Retrato%20Duquesa%20de%20Medinaceli.jpg
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This tiara was auctioned by Sotherby’s in 2011: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2011/fine-jewels/lot.287.html

Another bride wore this tiara in 2010: Fabiola Arroyo Ozores y de Juan S¡erra García is a rather distant relative of the late Duchess of Medinaceli. If I understand it correctly a brother of her grandmother got married to the sister of the late duchess of Medinaceli.

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums...s medinaceli palmette fabiola_zps5qeqwp0e.jpg
 
I like the design of this tiara but when i see it worn not so much.
 
The tiara is one of the rare case where I think that it would look better if it were smaller. It looks so overpowering, especially because the geometric design with it's clear lines looks somewhat cold and harsh.

This is the first time I read that the tiara is on the market again. The jeweller who owns it now is surprised that the children of Cayetana didn't shown an interest in buying it back. But really, if the late Duchess needed the money from the sale, where would the children find the money to buy it back? I don't know if there is inheritance tax in Spain, but I doubt that they can buy it back without selling other valuable heirlooms.
 
Imo the Ansorena pearl and diamond tiara is the most beautiful among the Alba tiaras. I am surprised that it was only worn by the late duchess' daughter Eugenia. It seems that non of the grandchildren were offered to borrow a tiara for their weddings, which is a pity because noadays there are no other occasions to wear tiaras in Spain.
 
The 2 tiaras together don't work well but as separate ones they look far more impressive.
 
Stefan said:
Very beautiful and hope to see it again next week at the wedding of the future Duke of Alba. unfortunately it was never worn by a member of the spanish Royal Family therefore i have moved it to the right Thread.
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Lets hope we see it at the ducal wedding next week as it rivals most of the Borbons big pieces!
 
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