The most expensive diamond

$24,300,000

The most expensive diamond in the world – the blue diamond 17 th century under the name “Wittelsbach“. For it was paid the largest amount of ever paid at auction for gemstones or jewelry. Weight of a diamond is 35.56 carats. The most expensive diamond in the world of jewelry was sold at auction at Christie’s in London, a local jeweler Laurence Earl. “Wittelsbach” has exceptional purity and a rare blue-gray color. The stone came from the Indian diamond mines of Golconda. The first European owner of the stone was the Spanish crown, as King Philip II includes the “Wittelsbach” in the dowry of his daughter – Infanta Margarita Teresa in Spanish. Then changed his crown jewel. During the Spanish followed by an Austrian, and after, the Bavarian Crown. Its present name, “blue diamond Wittelsbach, was arriving at the property at the Bavarian dynasty Wittelsbach kings. The last time the most expensive diamond in the world, been cut in the 17 century.

Most expensive diamond

Most expensive diamond

$ 24.3 million

Origin of name

This rare blue diamond of Indian origin that has a recorded history dating back to the late 17th century, eventually came into the possession of the Wittelsbach family in 1722, the German noble family that provided rulers of Bavaria and of the Rhenish Palatinate until the 20th century. Bavaria was ruled for over 700 years by Dukes of the Wittelsbach family, from 1180 to 1918. The name Wittelsbach was taken from the Castle of Wittelsbach, which became the official residence of the Dukes of Bavaria. The diamond gets its name from the Wittelsbach family, in whose possession it remained as a family diamond until the abdication of the last king in 1918.

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