Jewellery auction: Imperial Jewels
House of Habsburg, Oriental pearl and diamond diadem, Provenance: Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria and…
Tag: Imperial Court
Rich History: Imperial Wedding Diadem
Austria gets married … When Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria commissioned the imperial court jeweller…
Jewellery from the House of Savoy
Jewellery with pedigree The noble knight Prince Eugen is well known to every Austrian. His…
The eternal emperor
On 21. November, the 100th anniversary of the death of Emperor Franz Joseph I will be…
Love and death of Mary Vetsera – Youthful confessions
Vienna, 1884: When she was 17, Countess Marie Mittrowsky asked her friends to write in…
Mayerling: Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Vetsera
A chance find helped give unexpected insight into the Mayerling Incident: in summer 2015, Mary Vetsera’s…