The most famous Kirkpatrick is in the news. Thieves tried to steal the crown of Eugenia, Napoleon III’s third and last wife. Interrupted by guards, they left the crown behind. The crown has eight gold eagles, 1,354 diamonds, 1,136 rose-cut diamonds and 56 emeralds https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/world/europe/louvre-heist-items.html Photo from the NYT article.
In a stunning raid, thieves broke into the world’s most visited museum at 9:30 am. They escaped with eight extremely valuable items of jewellery. Using a lift to enter, they cut through a window. After threatening the guards, who closed down the area, they cut into the cases, leaving four minutes later. The gallery alarms were broken but per France’s culture ministry the museum’s other alarms sounded and security forces were notified. A crown of the empress Eugénie was also taken, but was recovered damaged near the museum after the thieves seemingly dropped it. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7nrlkg0zxo
Eugenia had more than one crown. The one identified in the NY Times article
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