A proposito del Principe Azul go to the most handsome of the Forbes list: Princes William and Henry of England, head of the Forbes ranking of the young royals world's most coveted single planet. Will the truth to find it increasingly asenorado and Harry is an unruly but has something hot in the eyes well worth more than an inquiry, jajajaa. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prince of Dubai, with 26-year-old president of his country's Sports Council, the Dubai Autism Center and the Executive Council of Dubai is one of the favorites and I have weak the Arabs could not fail to coincide. Diamond is legendary for all the misfortunes that supposed to have reached their respective holders. This curse is attributed to the theft of a temple built in honor of the goddess S't. The first keeper of the jewel was Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, who had the original diamond (whose weight was estimated at 115 carats) to King Louis XIV of France. After selling, Tavernier fell into bankruptcy and fled to Russia, where it would be found dead of cold, while the body had been devoured by vermin.
In the year 1691, the Madame de Montespan, mistress of King Louis XIV wanted to gift you the diamond. Shortly afterwards, fell into disgrace and died forgotten in 1707.
In the year 1715, during the visit of the ambassador of the Shah of Persia, King of France showed him the diamond, to see that the object could not do no wrong. Louis XIV died that same year, in an unexpected way. With his death, many people began to believe that the diamond (still had not belonged to the Hope family, then his name was "Blue Diamond") was causing troubles to the holder concerned. The next king, Louis XV of France did not show more interest in the gem and ordered it in a chest.
In the year 1774, Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI of France, decided to carry the diamond and provide it to the Princess of Lamballe. Because Maria Antoinette, the princess and her husband died at the guillotine, also has been attributed to the blue diamond of the murder.
During the French Revolution, thieves stole the diamond of the collection of royal jewels. Only one of them preferred to keep to 1820, when the Dutch decided to sell Wilhelm Fals to cut the gem in two. The first was acquired by Charles Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick. Later, the Duke fell into bankruptcy. The second preserves the Dutch. The son of Fals choose to steal the jewel to his father and sold to French Beaulieu. Is attributed to the theft of the jewel, Fals, and the death of his son, who committed suicide after time.
The rumor of misfortune attributed to the supposed curse, Beaulieu concluded that selling the diamond to David Eliason, who also quickly sold to King George IV of England. The death of the king was also attributed to the use of diamond, which was embedded in his crown.
The next holder of the diamond (previously carried by the family Hope) was Prince Ivan Kanitowski. Kanitowski gift a diamond star, who was killed days later. The following owners of the gem (the Greek Montarides Simon, Abdul Hamid II and the MacLean family) also had tragic deaths, mostly attributed to the use of even Hope diamond.
Since then, he has become legendary for the alleged curse that affects their respective holders. Since 1958, is one of the jewels in the most visited National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
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