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Engagement:
Archduke Maximillian of Austria gave Mary of Burgundy the first
diamond engagement ring in 1477. It wasn’t until 1477 that
diamonds became a girl’s best friend. It was that year that
Archduke Maximillian of Hamburg gave a diamond engagement ring to
Mary of Burgundy, the first such recorded occurrence which led to the
modern diamond engagement ring tradition. Although the Archduke gave
his bride a diamond engagement ring, it can’t be certain that it
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Colored
Stone Diamond Engagement Rings:
Although diamonds rule the engagement rings market, many people are
choosing sapphire rings, ruby rings & emerald rings as an
engagement ring. One out of four brides and grooms choose platinum as
their engagement ring and wedding rings. Sapphires are the jewels of
royalty - Diana Spencer wore a sapphire engagement ring. The
beautiful Gene Tierney wore her elegant sapphire and diamond ring in
the classic movie, The Razor's Edge (1946). Carole Lombard married
the most eligible bachelor in the world and became the most envied
woman in the world. Clark Gable knew a good thing when he saw it, a
memorable ruby ring. John F. Kennedy gave his future bride Jacqueline
Bouvier a 2.88 carat diamond and emerald engagement ring from Van
Cleef & Arpels. Prince Rainier presented Grace Kelly with a 12
carat emerald-cut diamond engagement ring - a jewel befitting the
beauty and elegance of the future princess. |
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