Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands' Ears of Wheat Tiara

Creation: This tiara was made in the 1950s using eight diamond ears of wheat that belonged to Queen Catherine of Württemberg, mother of Queen Sophie of the Netherlands. It can be worn with four, six, or eight ears of wheat.

Queen Juliana

Princess Irene

Materials: diamonds set in silver

Queen Wilhelmina

Princess Christina

Princess Margriet

Provenance:

1. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands; wore the ears of wheat on a silk kokoshnik
2. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; inherited from her mother in 1962
3. Orange-Nassau Family Foundations; set up by Queen Juliana in the 1960s

Princess Laurentien

Princess Margarita

Princess Marilene

Other Wearers:

• Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands nee Brinkhorst
• Princess Irene of the Netherlands
• Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
• Princess Christina of the Netherlands
• Princess Marilène of Orange-Nassau née van den Broek; at her 1998 wedding to Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau
• Princess Annette of Orange-Nassau née Sekrève; at her 2000 wedding to Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau
• Princess Margarita of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno; at her 2001 wedding to Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn
• Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau née van Eijk; at her 2005 wedding to Prince Pieter-Christiaan of Orange-Nassau
• Princess Aimée of Orange-Nassau née Söhngen; at her 2005 wedding to Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau
• Princess Viktória of Bourbon-Parma née Cservenyák; at her 2013 wedding to Prince Jamie of Bourbon-Parma

Princess Annette

Princess Viktoria

Questions:

• When were the ears of wheat created?
• Which jeweler created the ears of wheat?
• Which jeweler put the ears of wheat onto the tiara?

Princess Anita

Princess Aimee

Links:

• Dutch Royal Jewels - Ears of Wheat Tiara
• The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor - Dutch Ears of Wheat Tiara
• The Court Jeweller - The Dutch Ears of Wheat Tiara
• All Things Royal - The Wheat Diadem
• Tiaras & Crowns - The Dutch Ears of Wheat Tiara