Crown of Empress Eugénie

The Crown of Empress Eugénie is the consort crown that was made for Eugénie de Montijo, empress consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French.

Although neither she or her husband had a coronation ceremony, a crown was specially created for her on the occasion of the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris.

[1] The gold crown is set with diamonds and emeralds in eagle and palmette motifs, and is topped by a monde.

After her husband was overthrown in 1870, following the Franco-Prussian War, they lived in exile at Chislehurst in England.

It subsequently came up for auction in 1988, after which it was donated by Roberto Polo to the Louvre museum in Paris, where it is currently on display.