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	Qwika - similar:Crown_jewels
		Crown jewels are those that belong to the sovereign and pass to the next sovereign to symbolize the right to rule.
		Crown Jewels of France, on display at the Louvre The French Crown Jewels were the crowns, orbs, diadems and jewels that were the symbol of royalty and which were worn by many Kings and Queens of France.
		Coronet of 1969 The Honours of the Principality of Wales are the Crown Jewels used at the investiture of Princes of Wales.
	www.qwika.com /rels/Crown_jewels (1597 words)

	Crown (headgear) Summary
		Crowns, often in the form of wreaths, have been awarded to victors in war or contests where the honored hero is identified with a divine patron of the contest or with a warrior god.
		A crown is a symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a god, for whom the crown is traditionally one of the symbols of power and legitimacy (See Regalia for a broader treatment).
		The French Crown Jewels were sold in 1885 on the orders of the Third French Republic, with only a token number, with their precious stones replaced by glass, held on to for historic reasons and displayed by the Louvre.
	www.bookrags.com /Crown_(headgear) (1733 words)

	French Crown Jewels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The French Crown Jewels were the crowns, orbs, diadems and jewels that were the symbol of royalty and which were worn by many Kings and Queens of France.
		While the Regent Diamond was the centrepiece of the King Louis XV crown, and worn by him at his coronation in February 1723, Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, wore it in a fl velvet hat.
		The Crown Jewels were augmented by jewels added by Napoleon I and Napoleon III along with their empresses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Crown_Jewels (1089 words)

	Crown Jewels sentex iranian british crown jewel one sovereign cordinas crown jewel loan.
		In the United Kingdom Crown Jewels means the regalia and vestments worn by the King/Queen of the United Kingdom during the Coronation ceremony.
		This was worn by the Tsars of Russia.
		French jewels consisted of the crowns, orbs, diadems and jewels.
	www.yourdictionary.com /business_profile/business-tree/jewellery/crown-jewels.html (1083 words)

	Crown jewels - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crown jewels are jewels or artifacts of the reigning royal family of their respective country.
		The crown was used for the first time in 1926 on the occasion of the coronation of the first Pahlavi monarch, and for a second and last time on the occasion of the second Pahlavi monarch, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
		The sword and the mirror are kept at the Shinto shrines in Nagoya and Ise in Central Japan, and the jewel at the Kokyo Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crown_jewels (3058 words)

	Third French Republic
		The French Third Republic, sometimes written as the IIIrd Republic (1870-1940), was the governing body of France between the Second Empire and the Fourth Republic.
		However, the French Second Empire lasted only twenty years because of the rise of another world power, one that was to upset the balance of power in Europe and eventually bring about World War One - the German Empire.
		To mark the final end of French monarchism as a serious political source, in 1885 the French Crown Jewels were broken up and sold.
	faculty.ucc.edu /egh-damerow/third_french_republic.htm (1047 words)

	Courtly Lives..." - The French Crown Jewels
		Each side of the crown was set with a great cabochon [a polished gem that is not cut into facets] sapphire in a foliated [leaf-like] colate [compared in detial to] that rose from the rim of gold.
		In 1239, St. Louis bought this relic crown of thorns from the emperor of Constantinopole [formerly Istanbul, Turkey], and the St. Chapelle was built to house the previous relic.
		She was accused of practicing fl magic and the jewel was taken back to avoid attaching the stigma of her "crimes." Maria Antoinette, Louis' wife, then wore the same diamond and was beheaded during the French Revolution in 1793.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/FrenchCrowns.html (942 words)

	Large and famous diamond gems
		In the valuation of the French crown jewels, made in 1791, this diamond was stated to be worth 12,000,000 francs.
		Being an object of general interest, it was not disposed of with the other crown jewels, but has remained up to the present time one of the most beautiful and valuable of the jewels belonging to the French nation.
		It reappeared ten years later as the property of the Spanish crown; from 1828 to 1865 it was in the possession of Prince Demidoff, by whom it was sold for £20,000 ($2,173,102).
	www.minelinks.com /alluvial/diamonds_2.html (2600 words)

	Guardian \| Taisez-vous! Ici on parle anglais
		French inevitably dominated European institutions in their formative years - with even the arrival of the UK, Ireland and English-leaning Denmark in 1973 not enough to tip the balance.
		French clings on as an administrative language in a lot of the written material that circulates inside the commission, because the administration was first moulded in a French style that has been difficult to shake off.
		It is clear that many French people have never forgiven us for the hundred years war; for Joan of Arc; for being obliged to give money to England; for occupying France; for claiming a right to the French crown and literally acquiring the French crown jewels.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,329444464-103683,00.html (393 words)

	Mandy's British Royalty - Crown Jewels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Crown Jewels are some of the most prominent symbols of monarchy.
		These Crown Jewels are part of the national heritage of England and held by The Queen as Sovereign.
		This is also the crown that is usually seen on the newly anointed Monarch's head out on the balcony to greet his/her subjects.
	www.mandysroyalty.org /CrownJewels.html (637 words)

	World's 10 Most Famous Diamonds
		In 1717 the Regent purchased it from Pitt for the French Crown.
		In 1825 it was worn on the crown at the coronation of Charles x, and during the Second Empire it embellished the "Grecian diadem" of the Empress Eugenie.
		It was later set in the State Crown, worn by Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary, and 1937 was worn for by Queen Elizabeth for her coronation.
	www.studiosoft.it /JewelryWorlds10.htm (1387 words)

	French crown jewel sold for 1.5m pounds: News24: Archive: News24
		London - A large diamond brooch that was once part of the French crown jewels went under the hammer for almost 1.5 million pounds (two million dollars, 2.45 million euros) in London Wednesday.
		It was worn by the empress as the central part of a girdle round her waist and designed to match similar brooches on her shoulders.
		The French crown jewels were split up and sold by order of the Republican government in 1887 and the brooch was brought by Mrs William Astor, a leading American socialite.
	www.news24.com /News24/Archive/0,,2-1659_1041824,00.html (180 words)

	Carat Weight - Famous Diamonds - Shane Co. - The Shane Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During the French Revolution in 1792, when Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette attempted to flee France, the French Blue was stolen.
		Many of the French Crown Jewels were reset numerous times at the behest of the queen.
		The USSR Diamond Fund comprises many of the historical jewels that were amassed by the rulers of Russia before the Revolution of 1917, along with exceptional diamonds unearthed in the former Soviet Union during the last three decades.
	www.shaneco.com /jewelry/famous_diamonds.asp (3526 words)

	JUWELEN und SCHMUCK der Könige und Kaiser Frankreichs \| French Crown Jewels \| Diamants De La Couronne
		A small part of the crown jewels are on display in the Louvre, Paris in the Galerie d’Apollon of the Louvre museum.
		The jewels of the late Countess of Paris often wore, belonged to the late Count of Paris and a few years before his dead he sold some to the Louve.
		The present hair ornament was formerly one of the French Crown Jewels, designed by the Parisian firm of Bapst for the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, during the Second Empire.
	www.royal-magazin.de /french/crown-jewels.htm (931 words)

	The Regent Diamond
		It was set in the crown of Crown of Louis XV and worn at his coronation in February, 1723.
		The coveted gem disappeared, together with the equally famous Sancy and French Blue (from which the Hope was cut), when the Garde Meuble (Royal Treasury) was robbed of it's fabulous jewels in 1792, during the early part of the Revolution.
		Many of the French Crown Jewels were sold at auction in 1887, but the Regent was reserved from the sale and exhibited at the Louvre amoung the national treasures.
	famousdiamonds.tripod.com /regentdiamond.html (811 words)

	France’s Royal and Imperial Crown Jewels: 1792-2005
		The State and coronation regalia was, from a historical point of view, priceless: the Charlemagne crown; Louis XV’s 1722 coronation crown; the 60-cm medieval gold sceptre of Charles V; the ivory-hand-topped gold sceptre called ‘le main de justice’; the Ampulla; the coronation sword (‘Joyeuse’) [2].
		Some remnants of the crown jewels are on display in Paris in the Galerie d’Apollon of the Louvre museum.
		[8] The crown of Charlemagne was destroyed during the Revoution and Napoleon’s 1804 laurel-leaf crown was apparently broken-up in 1819.
	www.napoleon-series.org /research/miscellaneous/c_crownjewels.html (2139 words)

	july 95 HISTORIC RUBIES FROM THE FRENCH CROWN JEWELS
		Among the most intriguing jewels in the world are pieces formerly in the collection of the French Crown Jewels.
		Nearly all the jewels were sold during an auction the French government conducted in 1887, and only a few of them survive in original condition.
		Several of the jewels that survived are matching pieces set with rubies and diamonds, originally part of a sumptuous parure (matching suite) that Napoleon bought in 1810.
	jck.polygon.net /archives/1995/07/0795rub.html (2051 words)

	Learn about famous diamonds at Gemnation
		During the Second World War, the collection was placed in jam jars and buried in a potato field near Windsor Castle, while the crown jewels were placed in old hat boxes and hidden in a secret passage in the castle.
		In 1791, after an attempt by Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to flee France, the jewels of the French Royal Treasury were turned over to the government, but during a week-long looting of the crown jewels in September of 1792, the French Blue diamond was stolen.
		In 1812 a deep blue diamond matching the French Blue's description was documented as being in the possession of the London diamond merchant, Daniel Eliason.
	www.gemnation.com /base?processor=getPage&pageName=famous (1821 words)

	Bryson Burke Diamond Corporation: Diamond Exploration and Mining in Canada
		The history of the Sancy is further confused by the fact that the gem was listed as 33.75 carats in the 1791 inventory of the French crown jewels, with no mention of the 53.75 carat stone of the earlier inventory.
		In 1792, The French crown jewels were stolen and although some were recovered, the Sancy was not.
		In 1795 the dictorate of France gave some of the state jewels to the Spanish Marquess of Irande as security on a loan and among them was a 53.75 carat diamond which most experts agree was the 1691 Sancy.
	brysonburke.com /lore_sancy.html (633 words)

	Sotheby's - Services & Information - Investor Relations
		A SPECTACULAR bow brooch which was once part of the French crown jewels, sold at Sotheby’s in London tonight (Wednesday June 20, 2001) for £1,433,500, over 11 times its pre-sale low estimate of £120,000.
		Many pieces from the French crown jewels were broken up, the brooch offered at the sale today having been separated from the diamond belt and matching shoulder knots and auctioned with an estimated value at the time, of 35,000 French francs.
		The rare peridot (green gemstone) and diamond parure (set of jewels), which dated from the 19th century, was worn by Archduchess Isabella of Austria, née Princess de Croy at the coronation of the Austrian Emperor Karl I as King of Hungary.
	www.shareholder.com /bid/news/20010620-44940.cfm (526 words)

	Pearl-Guide.com - Cultured Pearl information and Pearl Forums
		The majority of the French crown jewels were stolen from the Garde-Meuble in 1792, and the thieves also made away with a pearl, many of which believe was ‘La Reine De Pearl’.
		The published history of the ‘La Pellegrina’ pearl does not discount the claims of the French that the pearl was originally part of the French crown jewels.
		Once a part of the Spanish crown jewels, La Pellegrina was brought to Russia from India in the 18th century, and was known as the Zozima Pearl.
	www.pearl-guide.com /famous-pearls-2.shtml (704 words)

	crownjewels
		Crown jewels include crowns, orbs or small spheres, scepters, important jewelry, art pieces, swords and thrones.
		Today, publicly held crown jewel collections can often be found in the great museums of the world.
		I was overwhelmed by an exhibit of privately held Mogul jewels in 2002 in Houston (September 23, 2202 entry).
	www.greenlightwrite.com /crownjewels.htm (1085 words)

	Book review: Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A combined Austrian and Prussian army led by the Duke of Brunswick was poised to invade France, end the revolution and restore the monarchy.
		In the revolutionary chaos of Paris the French crown jewels, including a magnificent gem called the French Blue, had been stolen.
		Originally, it was purchased in India, Kurin notes - it was not stolen from the eye of an idol - and became part of the French crown jewels before the Revolution.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/entertainment/060729/e072912.html (464 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Analysis maps royal lineage of Hope Diamond
		WASHINGTON — Researchers using computer analysis have traced the origin of the famed Hope Diamond, concluding it was cut from a larger stone that was once part of the crown jewels of France.
		A French connection had been suspected for the Hope, but the new study shows how it would have fit inside the larger French Blue Diamond and how that gem was cut, Smithsonian gem curator Jeffrey Post said.
		While the French Blue no longer exists, Post said the sketches of it from France were detailed and allowed preparation of a computer model of that stone.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002175922_diamond10.html (471 words)

	Barron Maps
		It was later reset by Louis XV’s court jeweler in another of the French crown jewels, a pendant known as the Golden Fleece.
		During the one hundred twenty years in which it remained a French crown jewel, it passed from Louis XIV to Louis XV, and to Louis XV’s grandson, Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette.
		During the course of the French Revolution in 1792, the Crown Jewels were stolen and le bleu and the Golden Fleece disappeared.
	www.barron.co.uk /?pgID=157 (706 words)

	DiamondTrade - The Worlds 12 Most Famous Diamonds - Certified Diamond Wholesaler
		Recut in the reign of Queen Victoria, it is among the British Crown Jewels and now weighs 108.93 carats.
		It was then renamed The Regent and set in the crown Louis XV wore at his coronation.
		After the French revolution, it was owned by Napoleon Bonaparte who set it in the hilt of his sword.
	www.diamondtrade.com /basics/famous.cfm (864 words)

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