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Rare antique private family snapshot photo of Princess Irina Felixovna Yusupov nicknamed "Bébé" (1915-1983), holding a parasol, possibly with her godfather, in the grounds of Frogmore Cottage in Windsor circa 1924, whilst on a visit to Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna.
From the collection of Prince and Princess Felix Yusupov.
She was born in Petrograd, Russian Empire, the only child of Prince Felix Yusupov and Princess Irina of Russia.
Prince Felix was the heir to of one of the wealthiest families of Russia and of Europe. Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia was the daughter of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, the elder daughter of Tsar Alexander III and sister of Tsar Nicolas II.
After the February Revolution, the Yusupovs fled Russia and settled in Paris, leaving behind most of their wealth. At first, the little girl was raised by her paternal grandparents until, at the age of nine, they returned the little princess to her parents. According to her father, his daughter received a poor education causing an alteration in the character of the girl, who became capricious. She was raised by nannies and, whilst she adored her father, she was very distant with her mother.
She married in 1938 Count Nikolai Dmitrievich Sheremetev, son of Count Dmitri Sergeievich Sheremetev and his wife Countess Irina Ilarionovna Vorontzova-Dashkova. His ancestors include Boris Petrovich Sheremetev and Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov. He worked with the shipping company, Vlasoff. He later contracted tuberculosis, and they moved to Greece for a climate better suited to his condition.
They had one daughter, Countess Xenia Nikolaevna Sheremeteva, born in Rome in 1942.
Princess Irina died in 1983 at Cormeilles in France. She was buried alongside her paternal grandparents and her parents at the cemetery Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery in Essonne, France.
Andrei was the first son and second child of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. He was also the eldest nephew of Nicholas II of Russia, the last Tsar.
Born and raised in Imperial Russia during the reign of his uncle Nicholas II, his military career in the Russian navy and the Chevalier guards was cut short by the Russian Revolution. He escaped the fate of many of his relatives killed by the Bolsheviks, fleeing to his parents' estate in Crimea. For a time, he was under house arrest there with a large group of family members. In December 1918, he left Russia with his wife and his father. He lived for a couple of years in France where his two eldest children were born. Eventually he settled in England in the household in exile of his mother. His wife died during World War II and he remarried in 1942. He then moved to Provender House in Faversham, Kent which was owned by the family of his second wife. He lived quietly there as an English country squire until his death. His younger son Prince Andrew Andreevich is current head of the Romanov Family.
Size: 8.5 x 8.5 cm approx
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