Zinaida Yusupova

Zinaida Yusupova
Zinaida Yusupova with La Pelegrina pearl by François Flameng.
Spouse(s)	Count Felix Felixovich Sumarkov-Elston
Issue Prince Nicholas Felixovich Yusupov Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov
Full name Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova
Noble family	Yusupov
Father	Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov
Mother	Countess Tatiana Alexandrovna de Ribeaupierre
Born	2 September 1861 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	24 November 1939 (aged 78) Paris, France

Princess Zinaida Yusupova by Valentin Serov.

Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova, (Russian: Зинаида Николаевна Юсупова; 2 September 1861, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – 24 November 1939, Paris, France), (variously transliterated from Russian as Yussupov, Yossopov, Iusupov, Youssoupov, Youssoupoff), was a Russian noblewoman best known as the mother of Prince Felix Yusupov, the murderer of Rasputin.

The greatest Russian heiress of her day, and the last of her line at the House of Yusupov, she married Count Felix Nikolaievich Sumarokov-Elston. She had her own mansion in Liteyny Avenue, where there is the Institute of Economic Relations, Economics and Law now. As a leading figure in pre-Revolutionary Russian society, she was famed for her beauty and the lavishness of her hospitality. In private, she became a severe critic of Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna. Her eldest son Nicholas was killed in a duel, an event which cast a shadow over the remainder of her life. Following the Russian Revolution she and her husband lived in Rome. After his death she moved to Paris, dying there in 1939.

Further reading

• Lost Splendor - Yusupov's self-biography until 1919 (online). Printed in 1952, ISBN 1-885586-58-2.