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Rare antique private family snapshot photo of Princess Irina Felixovna Yusupov nicknamed "Bébé" (1915-1983), with a parasol, reading a book in the grounds of Frogmore Cottage in Windsor circa 1934, whilst on a visit with her parents to her grandmother 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.
Size: 8.5 x 8.5 cm approx
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