[1] When the diamond was first shown to Frederick Augustus I, the King of Saxony, he was so captivated by the cut, clarity, and color of the gem that he chose to acquire it at any cost.

[1] In order to house his enormous collection of treasures, he set up the Green Vault in Dresden Castle.

The Dresden White was then incorporated into a shoulder knot ornament designed around 19 large diamonds and 216 small stones.

In 1945, the Soviet Trophies Commission took the Green Vault contents to Moscow, but safely returned them in 1958.

On November 25, 2019, a group of thieves stole much of the jewelry in the Green Vault during the 2019 Dresden heist, including the White Diamond.