Portuguese crown jewels
The Portuguese Crown Jewels were the insignia of the Portuguese monarchy .
Most of the Portuguese crown jewels were lost. The objects currently in the Palácio Nacional da Ajuda in Lisbon date from the reign of the Portuguese King John VI. and King Ludwig I.
history
The Portuguese royal house already owned a collection of crown jewels during the reign of the Portuguese King Manuel I (1495–1521). In 1581 , when Philip II became king, António von Crato fled to France and took parts of the Portuguese crown jewels with him. In Paris he sold parts of the crown jewels to Caterina de 'Medici in order to get support for the achievement of the Portuguese throne and to overthrow Philip. António von Crato failed in several attempts to reach the royal throne in Portugal and became impoverished. It was in this location that he sold most of the jewels and diamonds of the Crown Jewels. Among the diamonds he sold was the Sancy diamond, which he sold to the diplomat Nicolas de Harlay, seigneur de Sancy .
Other components of the crown jewels were lost in the restoration war . John IV sold parts of the Portuguese Crown Jewels to finance the war against Spain. After the accession to the throne of John IV and the expulsion of the Spanish kings from the Portuguese throne, the coronation ceremonies took place in the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos monastery in Lisbon. In the 1755 Lisbon earthquake , the Ribeira Palace , where the crown jewels were kept at the time, was destroyed and other items were lost, stolen or destroyed. King John VI , who had fled from Napoleon Bonaparte's troops with his family, had new Portuguese crown jewels made during his stay in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . This collection was made by the jeweler António Gomes da Silva ; These items included a new crown, the Coroa de Portugal , a new scepter and other pieces of jewelry. These items are the main components of today's crown jewels in Lisbon. When Maria Pia of Savoy became Queen of Portugal, her husband Ludwig I had other pieces of jewelry made, including a coronation robe. When the Portuguese monarchy was overthrown by a revolution in October 1910, Maria Pia of Savoy and her daughter-in-law Amélie d'Orléans took part of the crown jewels with them into their exile. Further pieces of jewelry from the Portuguese Crown Jewels were stolen from an exhibition in the Museon in The Hague in 2002 , where they were on loan for an exhibition on European Crown Jewels. The Dutch government paid the Portuguese government six million euros in compensation for this loss.
Gallery (selection)
The Scepter Armillar
The scepter of the dragon
The diadem of the stars
The necklace of the stars
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ n-tv: Robbery of millions in The Hague, the police are in the dark
- ↑ News.nl: Portugese kroonjuwelen grootste Verlies , December 2002 (Dutch) ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
