Louvre Heist Robs France of Empress Eugénie’s Devout Catholic Legacy

French Police officers seal off the entrance to the Louvre Museum after a jewelry heist on Oct. 19, 2025, in Paris.

Stolen reliquary brooch embodied the continuity between monarchy and empire, between power and faith. Its disappearance marks the vanishing of a tangible link between France’s temporal grandeur and soul as the eldest daughter of the Church.

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