Portuguese crown jewels

[1] Being well received by the French Queen Consort, Catherine de' Medici, he sold her some of the pieces of the Portuguese crown jewels in return for France's support in his plans to reclaim the throne of Portugal and depose Philip I.

Before the assumption of the Portuguese throne by the Philippine Dynasty, the Kings of Portugal used to be anointed and crowned in the Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon.

With the destruction of the palace, innumerable pieces of the Portuguese crown jewels of the time were destroyed, lost, or stolen.

While his court was in Rio de Janeiro, João VI had a new set of Portuguese crown jewels made.

Constructed by the royal jewelers at the workshop of António Gomes da Silva, the set most notably included a new crown and sceptre, among a plethora of jewelry pieces.

When Maria Pia of Savoy became Queen Consort of Portugal, King Luís I ordered many pieces of jewelry to be made, as it was a passion of his wife.

It was created in the workshop of the Royal Jeweler, Dom António Gomes da Silva, in Rio de Janeiro.

Only having an extremely short time to pack up and go, the family brought only a fraction of the personal jewels they owned.

Many years after her exile, Queen Amélie of Orléans sold some of her jewels, such as her famous ruby and diamond tiara to American socialite, Barbara Hutton.

The remainder of her jewels were either left to members of her family in France, or to the House of Braganza Foundation.

The first set are the jewels that Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza inherited from his mother, Princess Maria Francisca de Orleães e Bragança, great-granddaughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and great-great-granddaughter of King Pedro IV of Portugal.