Jewels of the Balkan Royal Families--Romania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria

[Alejandro Spain]

Some photos:





































(Photos from "Foro Dinastías")

[Marc]

some more:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b223/dljgmail/oplenac/P6215051.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b223/dljgmail/oplenac/P6215045.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b223/dljgmail/oplenac/P6215055.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b223/dljgmail/oplenac/P6215056.jpg

[slavona]

Does anyone know what happened with this pearls tiara? It was inherited from her mother and latter by Elisabeta. And then?

[Eric_Lowe]

Either sold by Elisabetta or confiscated by the Communists.

[grandduchessella]

There was already a thread on Balkan royal jewels so I have merged the 2. As always, please remember to do a search before starting a new thread. The mods work very hard to keep the Forum manageable--and this sub-forum is only 3 pages long, not much to search.

[Eddie_uk]

Missy purchased the sapphires because she had lost almost all her jewelry in Russia where it had, ironically, been sent for safekeeping in 1916. Post-war, despite repeated diplomatic demands, it all just disappeared. QM was devastated and wrote to a friend that her jewels had been part of her dowry and 'my father died in debt. These jewels were all I had'.

It's interesting that Queen Marie wrote her father died in debt. I wouldn't have thought that. Besides Marie Coburg could surely have prevented this with her huge dowry & allowance! And the rest!

[Marc]

Didn't know that,how sad to hear that...any sources why was he in debt?

[Eric_Lowe]

I think Affie died without reconciled with his wife Marie. He blamed her for the death of their only son young Affie and the couple began to drift apart. I think QV would have paid for her son's debts.

[Marc]

Were both of them called Affie?

[Eric_Lowe]

Yes. Family nicknames of course and not formal names as both were named "Alfred".

[Marc]

I know that,but they were father and son,so they must have called them senior and junior in order on to mix them...

[Eddie_uk]

That is right Marc! Queen Victoria in her letters referred to her son as Affie and grandson as Alfred.

[Eric_Lowe]

Yes. He was referred to "Young Affie" in others.

[TroubleTwin2]

I really like most of the ones posted by Alejandro Spain, but most of them aren't really my taste.

[Eric_Lowe]

The emerald parure of Mignon used to belong to Ella, and nobody could doubt her taste in jewels.