Princess Olga of Yugoslavia's Diamond Floral Tiara

Creation:  This tiara was made by Boucheron in 1907.  Princess Olga later had a diamond rivière added along the base of the tiara.

Materials:  white and yellow diamonds

Princess Olga

Princess Olga

Provenance:

1. Princess Maria Abamelek Lazarev nee Princess Maria Pavlovna Demidova
2. Princess Olga of Yugoslavia nee Princess of Greece; from her husband's aunt
3. Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia; inherited from his mother 1997
4. Albion Art Institute

Princess Barbara

Other Wearers:

• Princess Barbara of Yugoslavia

Questions:

• Are there any photos of Princess Maria wearing the tiara?
• When was this tiara bought by the Albion Art Institute?

Links:

• Luxarazzi - Princess Olga of Greece's Boucheron Diamond Tiara
• The Royal Watcher - Princess Olga’s Boucheron Diamond Tiara

Photos:  Boucheron

Princess Elena of Greece's Diamond Tiara

Creation:  This tiara was made by Cartier and it could be worn without the diamond drops.

Materials:  diamonds

Princess Olga

Princess Olga

Provenance:

1. Princess Elena of Greece & Denmark; from her mother, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, on the occasion of her 1902 marriage to Prince Nicholas of Greece & Denmark
2. Princess Olga of Yugoslavia; from her mother

 
Other Wearers:

• Princess Maria Pia of Savoy; at the wedding of King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium in 1960

Princess Maria Pia

Princess Elena

Princess Olga

Questions:

• Does this tiara still exist intact? 
• Did Princess Olga sell the diamond drops prior to 1960?

Links:

• Royal Magazin - Diamond Kokoshnik
• The Royal Watcher - Princess Olga’s Diamond Kokoshnik Tiara
• The Beau Monde - The Yugoslavian Diamond Kokoshnik 

Photos:  Cartier

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia's Fringe Tiara

Creation:

Materials:  diamonds

Grand Duchess Maria

Queen Maria of Yugoslavia

Provenance:

1. Grand Duchess Maria, Duchess of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha; from her father, Emperor Alexander II of Russia, on the occasion of her 1874 marriage to Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
2. Queen Marie of Romania; from her mother in 1920
3. Queen Maria of Yugoslavia; from her mother in 1938
4. Levy-Cohen; bought at auction in Sotheby's for £10,800 in 1960

Other Wearers:

• Princess Beatrice, Duchess of Galliera

Princess Beatrice

Queen Marie of Romania

Queen Marie of Romania

Questions:

• Which jeweller created this tiara? 
• Who currently owns this tiara?

Links:

• Royal Romania - Three Maries Wearing Historical Diamond Fringe Tiara 
• Royal Magazin - Maria Alexandrovna's Fringe Tiara 
• The Royal Watcher - Yugoslavian Fringe Tiara

Photos:  Sotheby's

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia's Emerald Kokoshnik

Creation:  This tiara was made by Bolin using emeralds that belonged to Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.  The emeralds could be removed and worn as other pieces of jewellery.

Grand Duchess Elizabeth

Materials: diamonds and seven cabochon emeralds set in gold and silver

Grand Duchess Elizabeth

Grand Duchess Maria

Provenance:

1. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna; from her husband, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, on the occasion of their 1884 marriage
2. Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna; from her aunt on the occasion of her 1908 marriage to Prince Wilhelm of Sweden
3. King Alexander I of Yugoslavia; bought from Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna
4. Queen Maria of Yugoslavia; from her husband, King Alexander of Yugoslavia, on the occasion of their 1922 marriage
5. King Peter II of Yugoslavia; from his mother
6. Van Cleef & Arpels; bought in 1949, removed the emeralds and replaced with paste stones

Queen Maria

Queen Maria

Other Wearers:

• Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia
• Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia; loaned from Van Cleef & Arpels without the original emeralds

Princess Elizabeth

Questions:

• Who currently owns the emeralds?

Links:

• Royal Magazin - Emerald Kokoshnik
• The Court Jeweller - Yugoslavian Emerald Kokoshnik 
• The Royal Watcher - Yugoslavian Emerald Tiara
• The Beau Monde - The Yugoslavian Emeralds
• Jenni Wiltz - Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna's Emerald Tiara

Photos:  Van Cleef & Arpels

Queen Olga of Greece's Ruby Olive Wreath Tiara

Queen Anne-Marie

Queen Anne-Marie

Creation:  The leaves of the wreath are adjustable.

Materials:  diamonds and rubies  

Provenance:

1. Queen Olga of Greece neé Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia
2. Prince Nicholas of Greece & Denmark; inherited from his mother in 1926 
3. Princess Olga of Yugoslavia neé Princess of Greece; inherited from her father in 1938
4. Queen Frederika of Greece neé Princess of Hanover; bought by her husband, King Paul of the Hellenes
5. Queen Anne-Marie of Greece neé Princess of Denmark; from her mother-in-law on the occasion of her 1964 marriage to King Constantine II

Queen Olga

Queen Frederika

Other Wearers:  

• Princess Elena of Greece & Denmark neé Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia
• Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent neé Princess of Greece; borrowed from her sister, Princess Olga, for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in 1953

Princess Elena

Princess Marina

Princess Olga

Questions:

• When was this tiara created?
• What jeweller created this tiara?

Links:

• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Ruby Parure Tiara 
• The Court Jeweller - Ruby Olive Wreath Tiara
• The Beau Monde - The Greek Ruby Olive Wreath Parure 
• The Royal Watcher - Greek Ruby Parure
• Lilibet's Handbag - The Greek Ruby Parure
• All Things Royal - The Greek Ruby Parure
• Mis Joyas Reales - Greek Ruby Tiara