Romanov tiara

Imperial Family Jewels

Above: Tiara, likely created by the court jeweller Bolin for Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia. Image from A. E. Fersman's catalog "Diamond Fund of the USSR," published around 1924-26, via Elena Horvathova on LiveJournal (http://eho-2013.livejournal.com/62382.html). Below: Portrait of Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna, by Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Russia, 1896, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, via Wikimedia Commons. CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGES.

Even Queen Elizabeth II has some old pieces of jewelry that once belonged to the Russian royal family.

russian-sapphire-wave tiara Done by lovinlorne

Stolen Romanov Jewels. How ever 5 related royal families show up wearing the jewelry.

The sparkling diadem was a gift from Prince Albert.

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna's jewels for the 1903 Court Ball. Briolette diamond aigrettes, which Cartier set in a tiara in 1908 (see image 1), and an emerald necklace (2 & 3) adorned her headdress (7). On her bosom, she wore an emerald brooch (4) that once belonged to Catherine the Great. Below this was pinned a large sapphire that became the central stone of a Cartier tiara commissioned in 1909 (6). A 1913 portrait by Boris Kustodiev shows her wearing this sapphire and diamond diadem (5).

Above: Tiara in the form of a Russian kokoshnik, dating to the early 19th century. It originally belonged to Empress Elizaveta Alekseevna, the wife of Tsar Alexander I. Image via Pinterest. Below: Photograph of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna wearing the tiara, 1910s. Image via Wikimedia Commons. CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGES.

Queen Elizabeth II, along with various British duchesses and princesses, can regularly be seen wearing sapphires and pearls that once came from the Russian Empire.