Queen Marie Of Romania Jewels

Besides treasury bills values belonging to various romanian private banks commercial companies private persons art collections documents and money valued at 314 580 456 84 lei gold the romanian officials decided to put in conditions safe and jewelry of queen maria valued at 7 000 000 gold.

Queen marie of romania jewels. A man holds a 478 carat sapphire l which was previously owned by queen marie of romania belle epoque necklace c with cushion shaped sapphire weighing 47 64 carats and pear shaped diamond of 26 98 carats datring circa 1910 estimated to fetch between 1 4 and 2 1 million swiss francs 905 000 and 1 357 000 euros and oval shaped diamond of 63 93 carats d colour flawless not estimated 08 october 2003 at christie s in london. Although these jewels belonged to private collections they were seized by the communist regime. Marie of romania marie alexandra victoria. The inventory is from may 1902 with 415 items made by traugott tamm.

Queen marie of romania s pearl tiara queen marie. A total of 91 tons of gold and other patrimony objects left romania tvr reported. Queen marie was the wife of king ferdinand i. A pair of heart shaped diamond and turquoise fibulae of the prince and princess of wales 2.

She is the mother of king carol ii the father of king michael i. Trains full of romanian treasures were sent to russia in 1916 and 1917 hoping that they would be kept safe in that country. Before 102 years on 14 27 december 1916 the treasury of the national bank of romania was packed in 1738 boxes and sent to russia. This tiara was made by cartier.

The romanians and russians had some of the most opulent and fantastic jewels. The other one is a golden bracelet adorned with painted miniatures portraits of the children of the duke of edinburgh queen marie s father including that of princess marie of edinburgh the future queen marie of romania. Born into the british royal family she was titled princess marie of edinburgh at birth her parents were prince alfred duke of edinburgh later duke of saxe coburg and gotha and grand duchess maria alexandrovna of russia. It was constructed specifically for the occasion of the coronation of king ferdinand i and queen maria in 1922 at alba iulia.

The jewels of queen marie of romania hidden in a villa in moscow. Queen marie s diamond sautoir is composed of square links connected by diamond chain like links was designed by cartier in 1919. There is also an inventory of the most important jewels that were given to queen marie of romania for her wedding birthday gifts and christening presents. Coronation portrait of queen maria wearing the romanian crown of queen maria the crown of queen maria was made of gold mined from the transylvania region of romania.

29 october 1875 18 july 1938 also known as marie of edinburgh was the last queen of romania as the wife of king ferdinand i. According to the nation s public television network romania may be gearing up to try to recover a cache of royal jewels lost in russia a century ago. So sad they have been sold dismantled or lost forever. Queen marie of romania whose mother was grand duchess maria alexandrovna of russia sent two cases of her jewelry to russia during world war i.