30 Day Royal Challenge
Day 11: Post a picture of your favorite royal tiara
The Fleur de Lys Tiara of Spain
This tiara, considered the most important diadem of their collection, called “La Buena” (The Good one) and only worn by the Queens of Spain, was a wedding present from King Alfonso XIII to his bride, Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. Made in 1906 by Ansorena with more than 500 diamonds set in platinum, it features the Fleur de Lys, the Bourbon’s emblem. (x)
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Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain and Empress Eugénie of France, 1920
The Empress was born the daughter of a Spanish Grandee (her sister married the then Duke of Alba) and was one of Ena’s godmothers. Her godchild would later marry Spain’s King Alfonso and become the godmother of the current Duchess of Alba, Eugénie’s sister’s great-granddaughter.
The three eldest children of Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg, with a pug, at Balmoral in September 1891. From left to right: Princess Victoria Eugenie (1887-1969); Prince Alexander (1886-1960) and Prince Leopold (1889-1922). Princess Victoria, known as Ena, subsequently married King Alfonso XIII of Spain.
Even if you don’t understand German you can still enjoy the behind-the-scenes videos of the workers of the Royal Palace, the footage inside La Zarzuela, including the staff wing and the King’s office…
And the historical videos of Alfonso XIII reign, the exiled Royal Family, Prince Juan Carlos childhood and education, his proclamation and early years as King…
Queen Victoria Eugenia circa 1925.
George V and Queen Mary with their Bridesmaids.
Bridesmaids:
- Patsy (Princess Patricia of Connaught)
- Daisy (Princess Margaret of Connaught)
- Ducky (Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
- Sandra (Princess Alexandra of Hohenloe-Langenburg)
- Alice of Battenberg (later Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark - Prince Philip’s mother)
- Ena (Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg - later Queen of Spain)
- Maud (Princess Maud - later Queen of Norway)
- Toria (Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom)
- Baby Bee (Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
- Thora (Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein).
by W. & D. Downey
carbon print, 6 July 1893
Two of the bridesmaids would later marry into the Spanish Royal Family, Ena to King Alfonso XIII and Baby Bee to the Infante Alfonso de Orléans y Borbón (Ali)
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