The Flood Sapphire is a part of the jewellery in The Danish Royal Property Trust.
The brooch, known as the Flood Sapphire, has a large octagonal, emerald-cut sapphire surrounded by a garland of small diamonds and, farthest out, a ring of 22 large diamonds.
The brooch was created around 1840 and belonged to Frederik VI’s Queen Marie Sophie Frederikke. Her daughter, Duchess Wilhelmine of Glücksborg, inherited the brooch, but donated it in 1872 to ‘The collection in consequence of the Flood’, a large inundation of parts of Lolland-Falster whose destruction gave rise to a private collection for the survivors and homeless.
Subsequently, the brooch was repurchased by Christian IX’s Queen Louise, who later bequeathed it to her daughter-in-law, Crown Princess Lovisa, married with Crown Prince Frederik (VIII). Queen Lovisa bequeathed it to her daughter-in-law, Crown Princess Alexandrine. She or her daughter-in-law, the future Queen Ingrid, later conveyed the brooch to The Danish Royal Property Trust.
