Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox-Portocarrero de Guzmán y Kirkpatrick, 16th Countess of Teba and 15th Marchioness of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo (French:[øʒeni də montiχo]), was the last Empress consort of the French, from 1853 to 1871, as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French.
Youth
The last Empress of the French was born in Granada, Spain, to Don Cipriano de Palafox y Portocarrero (1785–1839), Grandee, whose titles included 8th Count of Ablitas, 9th Count of Montijo, 15th Count of Teba, 8th Count of Fuentidueña, 14th Marquess of Ardales, 17th Marquess of Moya and 13th Marquess of la Algaba and his half-Scottish, quarter-Belgian, quarter-Spanish wife (whom he married on 15 December 1817), María Manuela Enriqueta Kirkpatrick de Closbourn y de Grevigné (24 February 1794 – 22 November 1879), a daughter of the Scots-born William Kirkpatrick of Closbourn (1764–1837), who became United Statesconsul to Málaga, and later was a wholesale wine merchant, and his wife, Marie Françoise de Grevignée (born 1769), daughter of Liège-born Henri, Baron de Grevignée and wife Doña Francisca Antonia Gallegos (1751–1853).
The Empress Eugénie Diamond is an oval-shaped brilliant diamond, perfectly cut, and weighing 51 carats. It is named for the French empress Eugénie de Montijo, who owned it in the late 19th century. It is currently in the hands of a private collector.
History
The source of the Empress Eugénie diamond is not known for certain, but Esmeraldino Reis, in a book about great Brazilian diamonds, suggests that the rough diamond weighed about 100 carats and was dug in 1760 from a mine in the Minas Gerais province of Brazil. The diamond was quickly shipped to Lisbon, whence it was sent for cutting in the Netherlands.
The finished diamond was first recorded when it was in the possession of the Empress Catherine II the Great of Russia. She wore it quite often at court as the centerpiece of a hair ornament. She later gave it to her lover Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin, who had successfully captured and annexed the Crimea from the Ottoman Empire. For a while, the stone was known as the Potemkin Diamond. As a minister of the Empress, Potemkin acquired a large collection of jewellery, which on his death in 1791 was inherited by his niece, Countess Alexandra Branicka. After she died, it was passed on to Potemkin's grand niece, who would become Princess Ekaterina Pavlovna Bagration.
In the 1850s, Louis-François opened two more locations in more upscale neighborhoods, attracting the attention of Princess Mathilde and Empress Eugénie of France.Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie.
Empress Eugénie de Montijo, the first influencer, one could say (the above 19th century portrait is anonymous, but based on a Franz Xaver Winterhalter portrait) ... Empress Eugénie de Montijo loved the ...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 19, 2023-- ...View the full release here ... Located in the luxurious resort city of Marbella, HotelClaude Marbella occupies the former summer residence of Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of France and wife of Napoleon III ... ....
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What's in a name? To paraphrase the Bard, a bird's tweet would still sound as sweet, regardless of the name of the bird ... For example, the duchess served as the Mistress of Robes for the Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III ... 13, 1849, at age 26 ... .
... overcome was he with reverence and sorrow, for it was the ex-Empress Eugenie after her great loss ... (4) Eugénie de Montijo (1826-1920), Empress of France following her marriage to Napoleon III in 1853.
The 1850s saw Monsieur Louis Vuitton himself appointed as the personal layetier (in other words, professional suitcase packer) to Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III. The empress made Claridge’s her ...
Yet a real-life encounter with an everyday 1860s gown reveals a startling truth ...A decade earlier, the flamboyant purple dresses made fashionable by the style leader Empress Eugénie of France were the preserve of the fabulously wealthy.
By the late 1990s, LVMH was ... The fragrance maker’s bottles have featured the French imperial symbol of a bee since founder Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain created its first eau de Cologne 170 years ago for Napoleon III’s wife, Empress Eugénie ... .
The event is seen as evidence of the country’s passion for an exercise that caught the national imagination in 1857, when Eugénie de Montijo, the empress, asked Prosper Mérimée, the author, to come up ...
...Queen Marie Antoinette, Empress Joséphine, and Empress Eugénie, who continue to inspire designers, books, movies, television, exhibitions, collectors, and lovers of history and style.
Other works in this exhibition include the creative innovation from Hawaiian culture; fabric design influenced by the “mourning of the Empress Eugénie for her husband, Napoleon III;” in the “New ...
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