I believe everyone has heard some of the legends of "cursed" jewelry, and the blue diamond, which is believed to bring bad luck, is a representative of it, and it is said that those who own it will be doomed or even die.
Of course, this is actually a gimmick created by jewelers, and there are many who hope that the former owners of blue diamonds will have a good life, and many of the above are far-fetched and far-fetched.
However, the crown that I am going to introduce today seems to be really a bit evil.
The crown, called Hesse's Strawberry Leaf Crown, dates back to the 19th century.
It was designed by the design wizard of the royal circle, Prince Albert of England, and was originally a wedding gift for his second daughter Alice, but before the wedding took place, Albert was gone. Bad luck x1
Although her father is gone, Alice still marries Hesse with this love. She did not live long, dying of diphtheria in 1878 at the age of 35 while caring for her family. Bad luck x2
The heir to the crown was Alice's second son, Ernst, who, as a homosexual, was married twice in that era. One of the wives was her cousin Victoria Melita, and the marriage barely lasted for 7 years, and the only daughter died of typhoid fever at the age of 8, and Melita later broke off with Hesseon. Unlucky x3
The two sons born to Ernst's second wife grew up safely**, and the eldest daughter-in-law was Princess Cecily of Greece, the third sister of the British royal husband Philip.
The picture is a little scummy, but it can be seen that Cecily and the younger brother Philip still look very similar.
Six years after marriage, Cecily, who was pregnant with her fourth child, her husband and two sons flew to attend the wedding of her brother-in-law Louis. As a result, a plane crash wiped out the entire family, including the baby who was born prematurely in the turbulence.
At that time, Cecily's 2-year-old daughter did not travel randomly, but the little sister also died of meningitis 2 years later. Bad luck x4
To make matters worse, the crown was also on the, and both it and the box were almost intact in the ruins.
Louis, who was originally newly married, was barely married in mourning clothes with his crotch and face, and he had no heirs after marriage, and the Darmstad branch was actually extinct, and he adopted a distant relative of the Kassel branch, and the grandfather of the current patriarch Donatus was the brother-in-law of Philip's fourth sister, Sophie, and barely climbed on both sides.
At Prince Philip's funeral and other occasions, he can be seen as a representative of his family (right).
And what about the strawberry leaf crown?It has always been under the management of the Hessian family**, probably because it is too evil, and since it was taken out of the rubble of the plane crash, at least no one has worn it in public.
A while ago, the Hessian patriarch's wife ran away, wearing a modified star crown.
That's what Cecily wore back then.
Speaking of the strawberry leaf crown, it has occasionally been seen in exhibitions and other occasions in recent years. Although it seems that whoever wears it is unlucky, Albert's production must be a good product, with design, volume and historical heritage, and I believe that there are still many collectors who are willing to spend a lot of money to buy it home one day.