The uniform and green silk mantle embroidered with gold and silver form the lesser coronation robes worn by Eugène Beauharnais for Napoleon’s coronation as King of Italy, a ceremony held in Milan Cathedral on 26 May 1805. A few days later, on 7 June, the Emperor granted Prince Eugène Beauharnais the title of Vice-King of Italy. Glittering on the left side of the mantle are the embroidered stars of two orders of chivalry — the Légion d’honneur and the Iron Crown. The robes were among the family heirlooms brought to Russia by Duke Maximilian of Leuchtenberg. In 1839, Maximilian, the younger son of Eugène Beauharnais married Maria Nikolayevna, the daughter of Nicholas I, and settled permanently in Russia.