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Diablo II is a 2000 action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, and OS X.The game, with its dark fantasy and horror themes, was conceptualized and designed by David Brevik and Erich Schaefer, who, with Max Schaefer, acted as project leads on the game.
When William Kirkcaldy of Grange was about to be executed, Gillis Mowbray's father, the Laird of Barnbougle, who was now Kirkcaldy's brother-in-law, wrote to Regent Morton to plead for his life, offering money, service, and royal jewels worth £20,000 Scots. [434] In 1603 Gillis' half-brother Francis Mowbray fell to his death from Edinburgh Castle.
The largest ever single order to Cartier was made in 1925 by the Indian royalty, the Maharaja of Patiala, for the Patiala Necklace and other jewellery worth ₹ 1,000 million (equivalent to ₹ 210 billion, US$2.5 billion or €2.4 billion in 2023). [67] Navaratna (nine gems) is a powerful jewel frequently worn by a Maharaja (Emperor). It is an ...
A jewellery store (American English: jewelry store [1]) is a retail business establishment, that specializes in selling (and also buying) jewellery and watches. Jewellery stores provide many services such as repairs, remodeling, restoring, designing and manufacturing pieces.
It is not possible to say how much the collection is worth because the jewels have a rich and unique history, and they are unlikely to be sold on the open market. [ 9 ] In the early 20th century, five other lists of jewellery, which have also never been published, supplemented those left to the Crown by Queen Victoria: [ 10 ]
The Jewels of the Order of St Patrick, commonly called the Irish Crown Jewels, were the heavily jewelled badge and star created in 1831 for the Grand Master of the Order of St Patrick, an order of knighthood established in 1783 by George III to be an Irish equivalent of the English Order of the Garter and the Scottish Order of the Thistle.
The Order of the Golden Fleece was one of the most prestigious orders in the Middle Ages and still exists today, alongside the Order of the Garter. The current head of the Order is Karl Habsburg-Lothringen. It was founded by Duke Philip the Good and Princess Isabella of Portugal in 1430.
Germanic fibulae, early 5th century The Dunstable Swan Jewel, a livery badge in gold and ronde bosse enamel, about 1400. Gold belt end and buckle, c. 600, Avar version of Byzantine style The Middle Ages was a period that spanned approximately 1000 years and is normally restricted to Europe and the Byzantine Empire .