Today marks the Anniversary of the Death of Princess Eugenie of Greece, who passed away on this day in 1989! The Greek Princess, cousin of many prominent royals, who was married first to a Radziwiłł Prince and then to a German-Italian Prince, the Princess possessed several spectacular jewels, which included the Chaumet Radziwiłł Tiara!
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Composed of a base of numerous old mine, rose and mixed cut diamonds in bows and swags, originally topped with seven large pear-shaped upright diamonds, this striking Tiara was created by the famed Maison Chaumet around 1880.
In 1881, the Tiara was given to Doña Maria de Los Dolores de Agramonte upon her marriage to Prince Dominik Radziwiłł, with the Princess Radziwiłł wearing the Tiara for a portrait not long afterwards.
When their son, Prince Hieronim Mikołaj Radziwiłł married Archduchess Renata of Austria in 1909, the Chaumet Tiara was given by her Princess Maria de Los Dolores Radziwiłł to her new daughter-in-law. The Tiara was displayed among the Wedding Gifts at the Schloss in Żywiec and worn by the Archduchess on her Wedding Day.
The bride wore the diadem in her rich hair, which her mother-in-law Princess Dolores Radziwill had given her, and in which seven large solitaires shine.
In 1938, the Chaumet Radziwiłł Tiara was among the Jewels given to Princess Eugenie of Greece when she married Archduchess Renata’s son, Prince Dominik Radziwiłł, who also wore the Tiara on her Wedding Day in Paris.
The Radziwiłł Family lost their property in Poland after the Second World War and the couple divorced in 1946, following which, Prince Dominik took the Chaumet Tiara of pear-shaped Diamonds, along with a Habsburg Necklace, a double row of Diamonds, a Diamond brooch and a suite of Emerald Jewelry from Empress Maria Theresa, from their bank vault, which became the cause of a court case, as Princess Eugenie claimed they had been gifts to her from her father-in-law, Prince Hieronim. The case was eventually settled out of court, and likely Prince Dominik sold the Tiara at some point in the years following, since he sold off the Habsburg Necklace in Cape Town in 1950.
The seven large Diamonds had been removed and replaced with paste by a previous owner by the time the Radziwiłł Tiara came up for Auction at Hindman in Chicago in December 2020, with an estimate of $6,000 – $8,000 USD, for which Hindman reached out to us to discover details about the Tiara’s history.
Eventually, the Radziwiłł Tiara sold for $68,750, being reacquired by Chaumet, who replaced the seven vintage Diamonds before presenting the discovery to the public.
Latest addition to the Chaumet heritage collection, the Radziwill Habsburg tiara has been newly restored by the virtuoso hands of the Maison’s High Jewellery workshop at 12 Vendome.
To give back all its splendour to this 19th century tiara, our artisans set the missing centerstones–seven vintage cut diamonds that were bought specially by Chaumet for this historic creation.
Entirely polished and shining bright again, the Radziwill Habsburg tiara was presented to the public for the first time at the Journées Particulières LVMH.
The Chaumet Radziwiłł Tiara was also among the jewels displayed for Victoria Romanovna Bettarini ahead of her Wedding to Grand Duke George of Russia in 2021, though she ended up wearing another Tiara.
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