{"id":717,"date":"2026-02-09T13:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adiamondisforever.com\/en-in\/?p=717"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:06:40","slug":"florentine-diamonds-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adiamondisforever.com\/en-in\/education\/florentine-diamonds-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Florentine diamond emerges after 100 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A rare and exquisite yellow Florentine diamond, once thought lost or stolen, has reappeared after 100 years, ending decades of speculation about its whereabouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nine-sided double rose cut yellow diamond weighs 137.27 carats and is part of the Habsburg dynasty, once spearheaded by Charles I and his wife Empress Zita.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/adiamondisforever.com\/en-in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/The-Florentine-Diamond_Portrait-533-x-714px-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Florentine Diamond\" class=\"wp-image-715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adiamondisforever.com\/en-in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/The-Florentine-Diamond_Portrait-533-x-714px-1.jpg 533w, https:\/\/adiamondisforever.com\/en-in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/The-Florentine-Diamond_Portrait-533-x-714px-1-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Florentine Diamond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As the First World War was coming to an end in 1918, Charles I and his family fled to Switzerland in exile from Vienna. The family\u2019s collection of jewels had previously been sent there as a safeguarding method but one piece, the prized Florentine diamond (thought to have been worn by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy when he fell in the Battle of Nancy in 1477) seemingly disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why did the Florentine diamond disappear for a century?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Florentine Diamond is believed to have originated in India&#8217;s storied Golconda mines, though its early history remains hazy. Many historians place its discovery somewhere around the 15th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The allure of this missing royal diamond has intrigued collectors and enthusiasts for decades, much like the hotly debated journeys of other famed Golconda diamonds like the Kohinoor and the Hope Diamond. Many gemmologists believe it had been recut to conceal its identity (something many fear is what has become of the recently stolen diamond jewels from the Louvre). Now, a descendant of the Habsburg dynasty, Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, has finally unveiled the story of its whereabouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As it transpires, the rare diamond was not lost, stolen or recut but has, in fact, been safe in a Canadian bank vault. After their exile to Vienna, Empress Zita later fled to Canada with her eight children and settled in Quebec. She is said to have carried the precious family jewels with her in a small cardboard suitcase. She returned to Europe in 1953, but the jewels remained in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/adiamondisforever.com\/en-in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/The-Florentine-Diamond_Portrait-533-x-714px.jpg\" alt=\"Charles I and Empress Zita of the Habsburg Dynasty\" class=\"wp-image-716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adiamondisforever.com\/en-in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/The-Florentine-Diamond_Portrait-533-x-714px.jpg 533w, https:\/\/adiamondisforever.com\/en-in\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/The-Florentine-Diamond_Portrait-533-x-714px-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charles I and Empress Zita of the Habsburg Dynasty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI assume that the little suitcase went into a bank safe, and that was it,\u201d Habsburg-Lothringen told <em>The New York Times<\/em>. \u201cI have the feeling that she was very glad that some important objects of the family are something that she saved. That was historically very important for her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The empress told only her sons Robert and Rodolphe of the royal diamond\u2019s whereabouts and expressly requested for its location to remain a secret for 100 years after Charles\u2019s death in 1922.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brothers passed the information through the generations to select members of the family, and Habsburg-Lothringen had only recently learned of the diamond\u2019s existence from his cousins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where is the Florentine diamond today?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The authenticity of the diamond has been verified by one of Austria\u2019s Imperial Court Jewelers, based on the historic descriptions and <a href=\"https:\/\/adiamondisforever.com\/en-in\/education\/the-4cs-of-diamonds-your-essential-buying-guide\/\">the 4Cs of diamonds<\/a>. As the empress\u2019s vow has now been upheld, the family will display the diamond, alongside a collection of other rare and precious gems, in Canada, allowing visitors glimpses of the royal jewels that form such a crucial part of the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/adiamondisforever.com\/en-in\/education\/why-natural-diamonds-have-a-history-rooted-in-fame-and-reverence\/\">diamond history<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of the \u2018missing\u2019 137-carat yellow Florentine diamond has been unveiled by descendants of the Habsburg Dynasty after 100 years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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