What is the biggest gift ever given to someone?
Micah Jast
2025-05-08 17:10:03
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The last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, Duleep Singh presented Queen Victoria with the 186-carat Koh-i-noor diamond in 1849. Considering the giant gem a little dull, Victoria’s consort Prince Albert had it cut down to a more brilliant 105.6 carats three years later. Today it’s set in the Queen Mother’s crown and is a highlight of the British Crown Jewels. Once the largest diamond ever found, its value is inestimable.
In 2003, cosmetics billionaire Leonard Lauder gave his $1.1 billion collection of Cubist masterpieces to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the largest art donation of all time.
Mughal ruler Shah Jahan spent the equivalent of $827 million in today’s money building, over 22 years starting in 1632, the Taj Mahal as a gift to — and mausoleum for — his late, favorite wife.
Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev spent an estimated $1 billion on his son Said’s 2016 wedding, a lavish multi-day, multi-city affair which featured performances by Jennifer Lopez, Sting and Enrique Iglesias, the bride wearing a $1 million Elie Saab couture wedding gown.
Eleazar Kris
2025-05-08 13:16:59
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The biggest gift ever given to someone is the Treaty of Alliance, which was worth €18,6 billion. In 1778, after three years of war with Great Britain, the United States was short of money and signed a treaty of alliance with France. This treaty gave them an unlimited supply of weapons and military support to win the American Revolutionary War and included enough money to get through the war. On September 3, 1783, the war resulted in the independence of the United States. Today it remains the most expensive gift ever given in history with a value of €18,6 billion. Other notable gifts include the Taj Mahal, which was a gift from an emperor to his wife, and is now worth €768 million. The Indian structure is now on the UNESCO World Heritage List, but it was once a gift from Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal. The Koh-I-Noor diamond is also a significant gift, with a value of €450,5 million, which was presented to England's Queen Victoria. Additionally, The Leonard A. Lauder Collection, worth €1 billion, was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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