A rare nine-piece jewelry set once belonging to Stephanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden and the adoptive daughter of Napoleon Bonaparte, smashed auction estimates Wednesday to sell for 1. ...

MILWAUKEE -- Proof of the identity of a young woman who claims to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, daughter of Nicholas, last czar of Russia may be given soon by a Milwaukee music master and his ...

Smuggled out of Russia during the 1917 revolution, the set of royal baubles sold for $883,641 at Sotheby’s in Geneva on November 10. The bi-annual jewelry sale offered a sapphire and diamond ...

A sapphire and diamond brooch and matching earrings, which were part of the royal jewels from Russia’s Romanov family smuggled out of the country during the 1917 revolution, sold for 806,500 ...

The Grand Duchess died in 1920, but her legacy lives on through her jewels (some, including the Vladimir tiara, are now owned by Queen Elizabeth II) and her enduring influence as one of Cartier ...

Grand Duchess Vladimir was known to be passionate about her jewels and had a reputation for glamour. So much so, many of the Grand Duchess' jewels were smuggled out of Russia during the crisis.

The Duchess left St. Petersburg with only a few 'daytime jewels' and hid the real treasures. Grand Duchess Vladimir was no wallflower; in fact she was known as the grandest of the grand duchesses ...