Isabella of Denmark and that bracelet that binds her to all the women of her royal family

To notice it you have to sharpen your view. Yet that bracelet that Isabella of Denmark It always has on the wrist is very important for the royalty of Greece and Denmark for a simple and sentimental motif: it means belonging. The princess Which turns on April 21, 18 recently wore it not only for the celebrations in honor of his birthday but also in the widespread portrait to celebrate the anniversary.

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It is the story, more than the carats, that makes the golden monile inserted on the wrist particularly precious. A tradition began at the beginning of the last century, handed down from generation to generation with love and discretion.

Princess Isabella of Denmark with the bracelet at the theater evening for her birthday.

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Great party at the Court of Denmark for the achievement of the majority of Princess Isabella: The celebrations began in Aarhus on Friday 11 April To continue then On the 15th at the Old Stage of the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen.

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The real was the undisputed protagonist of the evening, also thanks to the dress designed for her by Jesper Høvring. Also present was the rest of the family: for Queen Mary, for Princess Josephine, for Margrethe of Denmark and her sisters evening dresses and jewels of the great occasions

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Isabella of Denmark 18 years Look

He emerged from the cuff of the blue jacket signed søren le Schmidt unleashed in Aarhus A rigid and open bracelet, the same that his height exhibited in the portrait taken in recent weeks by Steen Evald e at the party in his honor at the theater.

The portrait of Isabella of Denmark. Photo by Steen Evald © The Royal House

The portrait of Isabella of Denmark. Photo by Steen Evald © The Royal House

Why is that almost invisible jewel free of diamonds and precious stones so important? We find the answer by looking at the wrist of all real of Greece and Denmark that descend from Queen Ingrid of Swedenconsort of the Danish sovereign Frederik IX as well as mother of the Regina Margretheof Benedikte of Denmark and of Anna Maria of Greece. But let’s go in order and start from the beginning.

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The real celebrated the anniversary with the family in Aarhus wearing a complete created by one of the mother’s favorite designers to whom he also stole a ring for the occasion. On the wrist, on the other hand, brought an important family memorabilia

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Isabella of Denmark turns 18 Look

In 1915, when the then Princess Ingrid turned 5 years old, the mother Margaret of Connaughtgrandson of Queen Victory of the United Kingdom And bride of Gustavo Adolfo of Sweden, he gave his only female daughter a gold bracelet similar to what she possessed.

The real jewelry expert Lauren Kiehna I hypothesize that the jewel was a gift from the Duke and the Duchess of Comeaught for the daughters Margaret and Patricia. Unfortunately, Margaret of Connaught died in 1920 when Ingrid was only 10 years old: for her the bracelet therefore became an affectionate memory of the happy childhood in the company of the mother.

Margaret of Connaughtin a portrait of James Jebusa Shannon on the right pulse The bracelet.

Margaret of Connaughtin A portrait of James Jebusa Shannon: on the right wrist the bracelet.

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Ingrid of Sweden married in 1935 the heir to the throne of Denmark becoming a queen consort in 1947, to the disappearance of Cristiano X. From that union born in 1940 Margrethe, future queen of Denmark, the Benedikte princess In 1944 and two years later Anna Maria, future queen of Greece, came to the world. All three five -year -old daughters received a copy of the bracelet as a gift and it was so that a family tradition began.

Ingrid of Sweden in 1915 with the bracelet on the wrist. Source Wikimedia Commons

Ingrid of Sweden in 1915 with the bracelet on the wrist. Source Wikimedia Commons

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“My mother received a bracelet like this from her mother when she turned five and I think she saw him as a bond with her mother who wanted to convey to us” revealed Anna Maria di Greece in an interview “The mother was only ten years old when her mother died, so the bracelet was always associated with all the happiness she had lived before. Now the tradition has gone on. Both Benedikte and I have given our daughters a similar bracelet ».

Queen Ingrid in 1960 the bracelet is always with her.

Queen Ingrid in 1960: the bracelet is always with her.

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In fact, Benedikte of Denmark has carried out the custom with her daughters, Princess Alexandra and Princess Nathalie: the first in turn proceeded to provide the family bracelet to the daughter, the countess Ingrid, just as the second should have done the same in 2020 with her daughter Louise.

Anna Maria of Greece with the left wrist bracelet.

Anna Maria of Greece with the left wrist bracelet.

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Anna Maria of Greece is particularly linked to her jewel so that her broke and regretted a lot of the accident, although resolved. From his, she gave the jewel to the daughters Alexia e Theodora. The firstborn princess of Anna Maria and Constantine Di Greece did the same thing with her three daughters, Arrietta, Anna Maria and Amelia. One of the occasions in which we saw the golden thread that binds these women was the marriage of Theodora of Greece.

The hands of Queen Margrethe on the right wrist the bracelet.

The hands of Queen Margrethe: on the right wrist the bracelet.

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Margrethe Instead, having had two sons had to wait for the birth of Isabella of Denmark to donate her first bracelet in 2012 while giving the second in 2016 to Princess Josephine, both Daughters of Frederik. Even the Countess Athena, the daughter of Joachim and Marie of Denmark, in 2017 he obtained his.

Princess Isabella of Denmark on the right with her bracelet in 2012.

Princess Isabella of Denmark on the right with her bracelet in 2012.

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Very reconstructed but not everything was a lot of the history of the bracelet. There is no certainty of where the original is and the chronicles report that the jewel is replaced with a larger one once the girls become girls.

Queen Margrethe in 2011.

Queen Margrethe in 2011.

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Also that jewelry goes on everything. We can see him confuse among other memorabilia on the occasion of banquets and ceremonies as it can be sported in his spare time. It is a circle that embraces and holds together an all -female descendants that, however, like the bracelet itself, never closes. In fact, tradition is destined to last forever.

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