Zinaida Yusupova

Princess Zinaida Yusupova
Portrait, c. 1882
Head of the House of Yusupov
Tenure19 July 1891 – 24 November 1939
PredecessorPrince Nikolai Yusupov
SuccessorPrince Felix Yusupov
Full name
Zinaida Nikolayevna Yusupova
Born2 September 1861
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died24 November 1939 (aged 78)
Paris, France
Noble familyYusupov
Spouse(s)Count Felix Sumarokov-Elston
(m. 1882, wid. 1928)
IssuePrince Nicholas Felixovich Yusupov
Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov
FatherPrince Nicholas Borisovich Yusupov
MotherCountess Tatiana Alexandrovna de Ribeaupierre

Princess Zinaida Nikolayevna Yusupova (Russian: Зинаи́да Никола́евна Юсу́пова; 2 September 1861 – 24 November 1939)[1] was an 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.

  1. ^ Variously transliterated from Russian as Yussupov, Yossopov, Iusupov, Youssoupov, Youssoupoff

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