| The Sancy
Diamond has been loaned to the French Kings Henry
III and Henry IV, sold to the English King James
I and traveled to Paris by way of James II. It has
been used to raise money for war, lost for an unpaid
loan, bought by a Cardinal, willed to the French
Crown and stolen in a great heist of the French
Crown jewels. Later it was a part of the Napoleon
court, purchased by a Bombay merchant, shown at
the 1867 Paris Exhibition, finally making it's way
in 1906 to America's Lady Astor as a wedding tiara.
In 1978, the Astor family sold the Sancy Diamond,
returning it to France again. It is now housed in
the Louvre. |
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