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Zinaida Nikolaevna Youssoupova

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Zinaida Nikolaevna Youssoupova

Birth
Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russia
Death
24 Nov 1939 (aged 78)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial
Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, Departement de l'Essonne, Île-de-France, France Add to Map
Plot
Cross; Stone: S2218; Tomb:
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Princess Yousoupoff, Countess Soumarokoff-Elston.
Princess Zinaida Nikolayevna Yusupova. Imperial Russian noblewoman, the only heiress of Russia's largest private fortune of her time. Famed for her beauty and the lavishness of her hospitality, she was a leading figure in pre-Revolutionary Russian society. In 1882, she married Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston, who served briefly as General Governor of Moscow Military District (1914–1915). Zinaida is best known as the mother of Prince Felix Yusupov, the murderer of Rasputin. She escaped revolutionary Russia and spent her remaining years living in exile.
Princess Yousoupoff, Countess Soumarokoff-Elston.
Princess Zinaida Nikolayevna Yusupova. Imperial Russian noblewoman, the only heiress of Russia's largest private fortune of her time. Famed for her beauty and the lavishness of her hospitality, she was a leading figure in pre-Revolutionary Russian society. In 1882, she married Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston, who served briefly as General Governor of Moscow Military District (1914–1915). Zinaida is best known as the mother of Prince Felix Yusupov, the murderer of Rasputin. She escaped revolutionary Russia and spent her remaining years living in exile.


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