Famille YUSUPOV

La famille Ioussoupov

(en russe : Юсупов, aussi orthographié Youssoupoff ou Youssoupov)

est une famille princière de la noblesse russe.

La famille princière Ioussoupov est issue des khans de la Horde Nogaï.

An adolescent Prince Felix Yusupov with his mother Princess Zenaida, c. 1900.

Prince Nicholas Borisovitch Youssoupoff.

Father of Princess Zenaida who was sole heiress to his fortune and whose husband was allowed to adopt the family name and title to save it from extinction.

Les Ioussoupov étaient réputés être les descendants d’un neveu du prophète Mahomet, leurs ancêtres auraient gouverné l’Égypte, Damas et Antioche.

Au XVIIè siècle, la famille embrassa le christianisme orthodoxe et se mit au service de la Russie, une des plus grandes familles russes.

The Bolsheviks looking over a table of confiscated Yusupov jewels

Princess Zenaida Yusupova, the richest woman in Imperial Russia.

A woman who was known throughout Europe for her beauty, wealth and charm.

Princess Zinaida Yusupova was the greatest Russian heiress of her day.

She was famed not only for her dazzling beauty and wealth,

but also for her intellect and the lavishness of her hospitality.