Royal and Noble Guests from around the world attended a magnificent Ball at Schloss Persenbeug in Austria on this day in 1966, 60 years ago, on the eve of the Wedding of the Margrave of Baden and Archduchess Valerie of Austria!
The Wedding Ball of Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, the eldest son of Berthold, Margrave of Baden and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, and Archduchess Valerie of Austria, the ninth of the thirteen children of Archduke Hubert Salvator of Austria and Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm, at Schloss Persenbeug, the bride’s family home, in Austria following a Civil Ceremony and Ball at Schloss Salem and on the eve of their Religious Wedding.
Archduchess Valerie wore the Baden Sunburst Tiara and Sapphire Parure.
Royal Guests and Relatives pictured included Archduchess Rosemary (wearing Empress Marie-Louise’s Topaz Parure) and Princess Sara Gizaw of Ethiopia, Duchess of Harar
Queen Frederica of Greece (wearing Queen Sophie’s Diamond Tiara and the Greek Pearl And Diamond Necklace) and the Duchess of Brunswick (wearing the Brunswick Tiara)
Princess Irene of Greece (in Queen Sophie’s Diamond Circle Tiara) and Princess Sofia of Spain (in the Prussian Diamond Tiara and the Niarchos Ruby Parure)
The Prince and Princess of Hannover (wearing the Hannover Diamond Necklace Tiara)
Princess Margarita of Hohenzollern (wearing the Hohenzollern Sapphire Parure) and Princess Maria Antonia of Hoenzollern, Countess of Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee
The Guest List compiled by Antonio Oreface.
• HRH Margravine Theodora of Baden, Dowager Duchess of Zähringen
• TIRH Archduke Hubert Salvator and Archduchess Rosemary of Austria-Tuscany
• TRH Prince Tomislav and Princess Margarita of Yugoslavia
• HGDH Prince Ludwig of Baden
• HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (It is assumed that he was present, even though he is not seen in the photos)
• HM Queen Frederica of Greece
• HRH Princess Sofía of Spain, Princess of Asturias
• HRH Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark
• HRH Princess Margarita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
• HRH Princess Victoria Louise of Hanover, Dowager Duchess of Brunswick
• TRH Prince Ernst August and Princess Ortrud of Hanover, Duke and Duchess of Brunswick
• HRH Prince George William of Hanover
• HRH Princess Sophie of Hanover (It is assumed that she was present, even though she is not visible in the photos)
• HH Princess Margarita of Hohenzollern
• HSH Princess Maria Antonia of Hohenzollern, Countess of Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee
• HIH Princess Sara Gizaw of Ethiopia, Duchess of Harar
Baden Sunburst Tiara
Baden Ruby Tiara
Baden Sapphire Necklace
Baden Sunburst Tiara
Baden Sapphire Necklace
Köchert Diamond Necklace
Baden Sunburst Tiara
Baden Ruby Tiara
Diamond Floral Tiara
Baden Emerald Necklace
Meander Kokoshnik Tiara
Princess Margarita’s Diamond Tiara
Princess Margarita’s Turquoise Tiara
Grand Duchess Hilda’s Diamond Tiara
Grand Duchess Hilda’s Diamond Floral Tiara
Baden Palmette Tiara
Diamond Floral Tiara
Baden Diamond Rose Brooch
Antique Corsage Tiara
Pink Topaz Parure
Prussian Meander Tiara
Diamond Bow Brooch
Prussian Meander Tiara
Prussian Clover Coronet
Princess Victoria Melita’s English Rose Brooch
Prussian Meander Tiara
Prussian Sapphire Parure
Fabergé Tiara
Prussian Ruby Parure
Sapphire and Pearl Brooch
Prussian Diamond Scroll Tiara
Aquamarine Tiara
Prussian Clover Coronet
Emerald Laurel Wreath Tiara
Ruby Parure
Prussian Aquamarine Earrings
Diamond Bow Brooch
Prussian Sapphire and Pearl Brooch
Prussian Meander Tiara
Prussian Clover Coronet
English Rose Brooch
Prussian Meander Tiara
Prussian Sapphire Parure
Fabergé Tiara
Prussian Ruby Parure
Sapphire and Pearl Brooch
Eglantine Tiara
Pearl and Diamond Floral Tiara
Douglas Floral Tiara
Diamond Rosette Tiara
Bavarian Sapphire Floral Tiara
Bavarian Sunburst Tiara
Bavarian Lover’s Knot Tiara
Bavarian Ruby Tiara
Habsburg Fringe Tiara
Kinsky Tiara
Douglas Floral Tiara
Sapphire Suite
Diamond Earrings
Bavarian Diamond Bow Brooch
Habsburg Fringe Tiara
Kinsky Tiara
Sapphire Necklace Tiara
Diamond Earrings
Sapphire Parure
Bismarck Tiara
Bavarian Sunburst Tiara
Bavarian Amethyst Parure
Hanoverian Floral Tiara
Brunswick Tiara
Hannover Diamond Necklace Tiara
Prussian Diamond Tiara
Queen Charlotte’s Nuptial Crown
Hanoverian Crown Pearls
Sapphire Tiara
Diamond Scroll Tiara
Württemberg Diamond Tiara
Ruby Tiara
Emerald Floral Tiara
Baden Sunburst Tiara
Baden Ruby Laurel Wreath Tiara
Thurn und Taxis Sapphire Tiara 
Emerald Tiara
Emerald and Ruby Choker
Diamond Flower Tiara
Pearl Tiara
Diamond Flower Tiara
Pearl and Diamond Tiara
Koch Pearl and Diamond Tiara