French Crown Jewels

On 19 October 2025, thieves disguised as construction workers stole eight pieces of the French Crown Jewels valued at approximately €88 million from the Galerie d'Apollon of the Louvre in Paris, France. The robbery took less than eight minutes, of which the thieves spent four in the museum itself, and occurred during regular opening hours. It was the first art theft from the Louvre since the painting Le chemin de Sèvres was stolen in 1998.

140.64-carat (28.128 g) diamond owned by the French state

symbols of French power, 752–1825

crown used in Napoleon’s coronation on 2 Dec. 1804

Crown made for Empress Eugenie of France

Crown of Louis XV, king of France

crown

coronation crown of Kings of the Franks and later Kings of France after 1237

peach colored diamond of 20 carats formerly part of the French Crown Jewels, now in the Louvre