Princess Marie of Denmark will celebrate her 50th Birthday this week! The French-born daughter-in-law of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has several Royal Heirlooms, the most spectacular of which is Princess Dagmar’s Diamond Floral Tiara!
Composed of three large and two smaller diamond flowers set in a foliate design, the Tiara is of unknown provenance, but since Princess Dagmar’s mother, Queen Lovisa, possessed a legendary jewellery collection it is possible it could come from her, or could be an heirloom of the Castenskjold Family.
The Diamond Floral Tiara was worn by Princess Dagmar on several state occasions, like the Swedish State Visit to Denmark in 1952, the Dutch State Visit to Denmark in 1953, and the Iranian State Visit to Denmark in 1959 among others.
Princess Dagmar also wore the Diamond Floral Tiara for the 18th Birthday Banquet of her great-niece, Queen Margrethe of Denmark, in 1958, King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid’s Silver Anniversary in 1960and the Wedding of another great-niece, Princess Astrid of Norway, in 1961, just a few months before her death.
While some believe that the Diamond Floral Tiara was bequeathed to King Frederik IX of Denmark upon the death of Princess Dagmar in 1961, it is more likely that the Tiara was acquired by the main line of the Danish Royal Family sometime by the early 1970s, when it was worn by the newly acceded Queen Margrethe II for a Banquet during her first State Visit to Sweden in 1973, followed by a Guildhall Banquet on a State Visit to Britain in 1974, and also for the Nobel Prize Ceremony in 1975 and King Olav’s 75th Birthday Celebrations in 1978.
Before she received the Floral Aigrette Tiara, Princess Dagmar’s Diamond Floral Tiara was often worn by Queen Margrethe during the 1980s, with notable appearances including the Danish State Visit to Japan in 1981, the Icelandic State Banquet in 1981, King Olav V’s Silver Jubilee in 1982, and the Danish State Visit to Spain in 1983.
Queen Margrethe also wore Princess Dagmar’s Diamond Floral Tiara for Crown Prince Harald of Norway’s’s 50th Birthday in 1987, State Visits to Canada and New Zealand, the Confirmation of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway in 1988, a State Visit to Poland in 1993, and most recently a State Visit to Romania in 2000, usually pairing it with her Antique Diamond Parure, Queen Alexandrine’s Sapphire Parure or her Saudi Diamond Necklace.
In 1992, Queen Margrethe loaned Princess Dagmar’s Diamond Floral Tiara to her mother-in-law, Countess Renée-Yvonne de Laborde de Monpezat, for the Banquet and subsequent Gala Dinner to celebrate Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik’s 25th Wedding Anniversary.
Princess Dagmar’s Diamond Floral Tiara was also loaned by Queen Margrethe her niece, Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, for the Wedding of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway in 2001.
After having given the Alexandrine Drop Tiara as a wedding gift to Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg, the first wife of her second son Prince Joachim, who retained it after their divorce, when Prince Joachim married Marie Cavallier in 2008, Queen Margrethe gave Princess Dagmar’s Diamond Floral Tiara not as a wedding gift to Princess Marie, but stipulated it as a long-term loan.
Princess Dagmar’s Diamond Floral Tiara has remained Princess Marie’s primary tiara since her wedding day, being notably worn for the various Danish New Year’s Receptions, the Culture and Sport Gala at Christiansborg Palace in 2009, Queen Margrethe’s 70th Birthday in 2010, the Wedding of Princess Madeline of Sweden in 2013, the Mexican State Visit to Denmark, Queen Margrethe’s 75th Birthday, and the Wedding of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden in 2015,
Princess Marie also wore Princess Dagmar’s Diamond Floral Tiara for the Icelandic State Visit to Denmark in 2017, the Belgian State Visit to Denmark in 2017, the New Year’s Reception in 2018, Crown Prince Frederik’s 50th Birthday Gala 2018, a Banquet at Christiansborg Palace in 2018, the New Year’s Reception in 2019 and the Danish New Year’s Reception in 2020.
To mark Queen Margrethe’s Golden Jubilee in 2022, Princess Dagmar’s Diamond Floral Tiara was among the jewels on display in the legendary ‘A Queen’s Jewellery Box’ Exhibition at the Amalienborg Palace Museum, where it was stated that the Tiara now belonged to Princess Marie.
More recently, Princess Dagmar’s Diamond Floral Tiara was worn by Princess Marie for Queen Margrethe’s Golden Jubilee Banquet, the Danish New Year’s Banquet in 2023, Prince Christian of Denmark’s 18th Birthday Banquet, the Danish New Year’s Banquet in 2024, the Egyptian State Visit to Denmark, and the Danish New Year’s Banquet in 2025. There is no doubt we will continue to see this Royal Heirloom for years to come!
Princess Dagmar’s Diamond Floral Tiara
Flora Danica Tiara
Nuits Claires Tiara
Queen Alexandrine’s Sapphire Brooch
Sapphire Earrings
The Jewels of the Queens of Denmark
The Danish Emerald Parure
The Danish Pearl Poiré Tiara
The Danish Ruby Parure
Danish Diamond Bandeau
Wedding Tiara
Diamond Necklace Tiara
Midnight Tiara
Danish Diamond Rivière
‘Belle Epoque’ Diamond Earrings
Duchess of Leuchtenberg’s Pearl Bracelet
Wedding Earrings
Diamond Fringe Earrings
Aquamarine Jewels
Amethyst Earrings
Queen Josefina’s Diamond Brooches
Connaught Sapphire Brooch
Queen Louise of Sweden’s Engagement Bracelet 
Diamond Flower Brooch
Antique Turquoise Parure
Diamond Flower Earrings
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