The Wied's till have a very big diamond tiara which was worn by Fürstin katharina and the Wedding Ball of her sister Sophie in 2011. And then there is also a diamond Paure in the other line of the Family whichw as by Princess Ilk at ther wedding Ball of her daughter Marie and in 2003 at the Wedding Ball of Duchess Fleur of Württemberg.
My understanding is that both the Wied Princely and Württemberg Royal Families are very comfortably off financially, so how the parure came to be sold is very interesting.
I mention Wied, as the tiara was last photograpged worn by a Württemberg royal by marriage, Princess Marie prior to her premature death at the age of 24! She was married to the future King William II of Württemberg.
She had one surviving child, Princess Pauline who married the Prince of Wied.
Pauline couldn't succeed and so after William II's death, the head of the Württemberg Family passed to a cousin, who is the ancestor of Duke Carl, the current head of the Württemberg Royal Family.
Its entirely possible that the Pink Topaz parure was inherited by William and Marie's daughter Pauline and sold by one of her Wied descendants or of course it could have been sold by the heirs to Württemberg, although as I have said, both families appear to be very wealthy and appear to have held onto many of their grand jewels.
Interestingly Pauline's great-grandaughter Princess Marie of Wied married Friedrich the heir to the Württemberg Family, although he sadly died last year, leaving their son Wilhelm (b 1994) heir to Duke Carl.
Still its quite nice that Pauline's line is now represented in the Württemberg ruling family again.
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