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Re: Princess Victor Napoleon born Princesse Clementine de Belgique jewelsc
Edited by Vincent on April 14, 2019, 5:16 am
Welcome aboard Maria Olivia. Going back to your post : one should not forget that there were other princesses in the imperial family which could have brought jewels when they married. The Napoleon family, through empress Eugénie, did receive a few pieces of the collection of Queen Hortense, like the pair of gold bracelets the princess is wearing on the picture you posted. There might be other pieces. One should also bear in mind that princess Catherine of Wurtemberg, the wife of the first prince Jerome Napoleon, brother of the emperor, had a large collection of jewels. Her daughter princess Mathilde inherited from her the large 7 strands pearl necklace which was sold after her death. The second prince Jerome, direct ancestor of the current prince Napoléon also inherited a few pieces from his mother’s collection. His wife, princess Clotilde of Savoia also received a lot of jewelry when she married and she left most of these to her children : Leticia, Louis, and Victor. Victor was princess Clementinés husband. Their son, Louis was the late prince Napoléon. The same Prince Louis Napoleon was also the heir of his uncle, also called Louis. Actually it is through Prince Louis , the older, that the imperial family did receive the domain of Prangins in Switzerland which they still own. Last but not least, victor and Louis , the older, were the heirs of their aunt, princess Mathilde. I know that the main part of her jewelry collection was sold after her death in 1904, but she made very important gifts to her nephews and niece when she was stil alive. There are plainty of possibilities for the origin of the diamond on that ring. About the business of the ring, I received a few messages of persons asking me how I knew that the diamond was not 40 carats and had never belonged to empress Eugénie. I simply cannot answer to that question. But I can only say that I thought the whole story was strange when I heard it. The origin of the story on the net and in the written press was, as it is so often the case, anonymous, which is never a good sign of truth. The details I wrote about that ring, I wrote under my own name, knowing perfectly what my responsibility as a journalist, is. I cannot give my source, but anyone who knows me a little, will easily understand that I would not have written. Them If I had not been sure of them.
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