![]() ![]() "She was the wife of the Grand Duc Vladimir, so the son of the tsar (Alexander II), and she had a fantastic collection of jewels." She was known as the queen of social life in St Petersburg, according to Olivier Wagner, of auctioneers Sotheby's. The large oval sapphire and diamond brooch and matching earclips are from the jewellery box of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, daughter-in-law of Tsar Alexander II and aunt of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II. ![]() Russian royal jewels smuggled out of the country during the 1917 revolution go under the hammer next week in Geneva.
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