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Ch. 49: The Reine des Belges Diamond, New in Diamond History

Ch. 48: The Tavernier A, B & C Diamond, Bought by Louis XIV Page of 312 Ch. 50: The Eugenie Diamond, Catherine II of Russia's Hair-Pin Text size:minus plus Restore normal size   Mail page  Print this page
XLIX.
LA REINE DES BELGES.
A New Stone in the History of Diamonds—A Gift from the Archduchess of Hungary to her Daughter the Queen of Belgium.
HIS diamond which, through the kind­ness of Baron Solvyns, the Belgian Ambassador in London, comes to light now for the first time, is in the posses­sion of H.M. the Queen of the Belgians.* It weighs 50 carats. Her Majesty received it from her mother the Archduchess, wife of the Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, brother of the late Emperor of Austria.
Ch. 48: The Tavernier A, B & C Diamond, Bought by Louis XIV Page of 312 Ch. 50: The Eugenie Diamond, Catherine II of Russia's Hair-Pin
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