Blaue Wittelsbacher Diamant| Diamanten,Schmuck der Wittelsbacher Er gilt als einer der schönsten naturblauen Diamanten der Welt: Das Gemälde von Ferdinand Wagner aus dem Jahr 1890 zeigt die Kaiserliche
Hochzeit die schon 1676, in Passau stattfand. Professor Evers vermutet, dass es sich dabei um den berühmten
"Wittelsbacher" handelt, der bis 1931 die bayerische Königskrone
zierte und auf bis heute nicht völlig geklärte Weise vom Wittelbacher
Ausgleichsfond verkauft wurde. Oben die erste Gemahlin von Leopold I, Infanta Margarita Teresa abgebildet, sie trägt einen Schleifenschmuck, der in ihrem Nachlass wie folgt beschrieben wird: "Diamant Ornament ... bestehend aus ... einer grossen Brosche, besetzt mit Rubinen...mit einem Grossen Blauen Diamanten als Mittelpunkt welcher zu einem Schleifen-Juwel gehört ."
Famous Blue Wittelsbach DiamondThe first record of the Wittelsbach dates from the latter part of the seventeenth century. One fact is thus certain: the diamond must be of Indian origin. Furthermore, it has been suggested that a diamond of such a rare color must once have formed part of the famous French Blue Diamond, weighing 112½ old carats in the rough, which Tavernier bought in India and later sold to Louis XIV of France. The principal gem which this yielded is the Hope, weighing 45.52 carat, so that technical reasons alone clearly preclude the possibility of the Wittelsbach having been fashioned from the same piece of rough. The sole possibility of a connection between the Wittelsbach and the Hope lies in Tavernier's French Blue Diamond being merely part of a much larger piece of rough that had at some time been split in two (a very unlikely occurence). However, it would be interesting to ascertain whether the Wittelsbach has physical properties similar to the Hope. The history of the Wittelsbach has been uneventful; for the most part it has been passed down from one royal owner to another. The gem formed part of the gift which Philip IV of Spain gave to his
15-year-old daughter, the Infanta Margareta Teresa, up the occasion
of her betrothel to the Emperor Leopold I of Austria in 1664. "Diamond ornament ... consisting of ... a large brooch with a Great Blue Diamond in the centre, to which belongs a bow-jewel set with rubies." Leopold I later gave all the jewelry he had inherited from the Infanta to his third wife, the Empress Eleanor Magdalena, daughter of the Elector Palatine. The Empress outlived her husband, dying in 1720. By then she had already made arrangements to bequeath the 'Great Blue Diamond' to her younger granddaughter, the Archduchess Maria Amelia, daughter of the Emperor Joseph I. Kaiserin Eleonora
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