The Florentine Diamond Was Thought to Be Lost to History. It's Actually Been Safely Tucked Away in a Canadian Bank Vault All Along

The Florentine Diamond Was Thought to Be Lost to History. It's Actually Been Safely Tucked Away in a Canadian Bank Vault All Along

Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma wanted the jewel's location to be kept secret for 100 years after the death of her husband, Charles I, in 1922. Their descendants now plan to display it at a museum

The Famous Florentine Diamond Has Been Found After More Than a Century — Thanks to the Unveiling of a Major Family Secret

The Florentine Diamond has been found after more than a century. The jewel, which was last seen around 1918 and was owned by Emperor Charles I and Empress Zita of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was revealed to be sitting in a bank vault in Canada.

Legendary Florentine Diamond, Lost for a Century, Resurfaces in Canada

Wedding of Archduke Charles of Austria and Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma in Schwarzau Palace. Credit: Unknown Author – Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. The legendary Florentine Diamond, a 137-carat yellow gem long thought lost, stolen, or recut after World War I, has been sitting in a bank vault in Canada for decades and will be shown publicly by members of the Habsburg family, descendants said Thursday. Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, 64, a …

Family's Century-Old Secret: 'Lost' Diamond Was Never Lost

One of Europe's most storied jewels, the Florentine Diamond, has resurfaced after vanishing from public view for more than a century. The 137-carat, yellow-tinted gem, once owned by the 17th-century Medici family of Florence, was believed lost or stolen after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, reports the...

One of the world's most precious and storied diamonds ended up in a Canadian bank vault

Few gemstones have been laden with the hsitory carried by the pale yellow, 137.27-carat diamond that once adorned royal crowns.