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                    AND WHOSE NECK IS THIS

Okay, first things first. I know you are now all wondering, to whom does the neck upon which this necklace resides, belong? And who gave this necklace to her? Yes. Well. Suspense, while at times pleasurable, can also be a bit of a pain. So, rather than give you an aspirin, I will reveal that which you need to know. The necklace is called the Napoleon Diamond Necklace. After having divorced Empress Josephine due to the fact that she could not have any children, ol’ Nap married Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria who, within one year, bore a son, Napoleon II, and gained this necklace which was commissioned in June 1811 to Marie-Etienne Nitot, Napoleon’s official court jeweler.