Belgian Royal Tiaras

Princess Claire’s Pearl and Diamond TiaraA list of the Royal Tiaras of Belgium

### Nine Provinces Tiara

This tiara is composed of a meander bandeau base topped with eleven large diamonds. The tiara can be worn as a choker or just as the bandeau. It was made for Princess Astrid of Sweden when she married Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium in 1926, the tiara became one of her most worn Tiaras, worn to Royal events during tenure as Queen. The bandeau  base was worn by Princess Lilian, the second wife of King Leopold, but the full version remained unworn until Fabiola de Mora y Aragó wore it when she married King Baudouin, eldest son of Astrid and Leopold, in 1960. The diamonds represent the nine provinces of Belgium and its former colony of the Congo. In 1993 it was passed down to Queen Paola, who also wore it as a choker, and in 2013, it was given to Queen Mathilde. She wore the bandeau base for her first official Portrait as Queen, and the full Tiara at the 75th Birthday celebrations of Queen Margrethe of Denmark.

### Laurel Wreath Tiara

Made by Hennel & Sons in 1912, this diamond laurel wreath tiara can also be worn as a necklace. It was a wedding gift to then Princess Mathilde in 1999 from members of the Belgian Nobility, and was her only tiara when Crown Princess, though has been rarely worn since becoming Queen.

### Wolfers Necklace Tiara

A wedding gift to Queen Fabiola by people from Belgian industry, the tiara was made by Belgian jeweller Wolfers as a necklace convertible to a Tiara. Worn by Queen Fabiola throughout her tenure as Queen Consort, it remained unworn until Queen Mathilde wore it on a State Visit to Poland in 2015.

### Queen Elisabeth’s Diamond Bandeau

Made for Queen Elisabeth in the 1920s, this tiara was given to Queen Astrid to mark the birth of her third child in 1934. After her death, it was worn by her husband’s second wife, Princess Lilian, in the 1950s and given to Dona Paola Ruffo di Calabria when she married the aforementioned third child, Prince Albert of Belgium, in 1959. This was Princess Paola’s most worn tiara. Even after becoming Queen Paola in 1993, she continued to wear it for all but the grandest events. In 1999, she lent it to her daughter-in-law, now Queen Mathilde, to wear at her wedding. She also lent it to Elisabetta Rosboch von Wolkenstein when she married her grandson in 2014, and in 2016, Queen Paola lent the Diamond Bandeau to her daughter, Princess Astrid, for the first time.

### Queen Fabiola’s Spanish Wedding Gift Tiara

Given as a wedding gift to Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, from then Spanish Dictator Generalissimo Franco, the Spanish Wedding Gift Tiara can be worn in two different configurations and as a necklace. It has interchangeable emerald, ruby, and aquamarine centres. Queen Fabiola’s grandest Tiara, it worn throughout her tenure as Queen and also in her widowhood. The Tiara is thought to have passed to King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, but remains unworn. Many think Queen Mathilde is waiting for an appropriately grand event to made the debut.

### Savoy-Aosta Tiara

Given to Princess Anne of Orléans when she married her cousin, the Duke of Aosta, in 1927. Early images show the Duchess wearing the Tiara low across her forehead in the 1920s style, later wearing it atop her head in a more conventional style. The Duchess loaned the Tiara to Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy, and her daughter, Princess Margherita, eventually giving the Tiara to her as a wedding gift in 1953 when she married Archduke Robert of Austria. When her son, Archduke Lorenz, married Princess Astrid of Belgium in 1984, it became her signature Tiara, worn to almost all of her Royal events. There is also a smaller Savoy Aosta Tiara, worn by Princess Margherita at her Wedding in 1953 and by Princess Astrid at Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik’s 25th Wedding Anniversary Gala in 1992.

### Princess Claire’s Wedding Tiara

A wedding gift from King Albert and Queen Paola of Belgium to their new daughter-in-law in 2004, she wore the piece at her wedding and all of her early tiara occasions, most notably the Wedding of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark.

### Princess Claire’s Pearl and Diamond Tiara

At the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden in 2010, Princess Claire debuted a new-to-her Pearl and Diamond Tiara, which many assumed was a loan, but was subsequently worn for the Wedding Balls in Monaco and Luxembourg.