The Expensive Sancy Diamond

Description

The Sancy Diamond is one of the most famous diamonds in the world and its origin was india. It is at present displayed in the Apollo Gallery at the Louvre in Paris. The Sancy weighed 106 carats as an uneven diamond and at the present weighs 55 carats after the cutting progression. The Sancy diamond is pear shaped being a "Briolette" cut with a pale yellow color. The famous Sancy diamond came into the ownership of Nicolas de Harlay, Seigneur de Sancy (1546-1629) a French soldier and representative and the stone became recognized as the Sancy Diamond.

History Of Diamond

The Sancy, a yellow diamond of 55.23 carats, was once supposed to have belonged to the Great Moguls of remains, but is more likely of Indian derivation owing to its cut which is extraordinary by Western standards. The shield shaped stone encompass two back-to-back, other than lacks any appearance to a pavilion. Charles I, son of James I, was beheaded as well as his widow, Henrietta Maria, to be had the jewel to Somerset, the Earl of Worcester, as of whom it passed afresh to the English Crown. James II later own it, however he lost it in the catastrophic fight of the Boyne and flee to France. Even though Louis XIV was a enjoyable and kind host to James, shabby, sorrowful, exile kings bored him.

The Sancy's recognized history began circa 1570 in Constantinople when acquired by Nicholas Harlai, Seigneur de Sancy. Sancy used his familiarity to wealthy advantage. Myths and legends bound the stone. It is of hard to believe value. The Sancy Diamond has been owned by some great Kings and Queens and seen the events of both the English Civil War as well as the French rebellion.

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