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Sophie von Buxhoeveden | |
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 Baroness von Buxhoeveden (right) with her mother Lyudmila (left) | |
| Born | September 6, 1883 |
| Died | November 26, 1956 (aged 73) England |
| Parent(s) | Karlos von Buxhoeveden and Lyudmila Osokina |
Sophie Freiin[1] von Buxhoeveden (Russian: София Карловна Буксгевден, tr. Sofiya Karlovna Buksgevden; September 6, 1883 – November 26, 1956), also known as Baroness Sophie Buxdoeveden, was a Baltic German Lady-in-waiting, in service to Tsarina Alexandra of Russia. She was the author of three memoirs about the imperial family and about her own escape from Russia.[2]
In her book Before the Storm, Sophie describes a side of old Russia seldom seen elsewhere, a family in the old-fashioned provincial country life of the gentry in the years before the revolution.[3] As a child, Sophie shared picnics and mushroom hunts with other famous players in the story such as Anna Vyrubova, Felix Yussupov, Dmitri Pavlovich and the sons of poet Konstantin Romanov.
- ^ Regarding personal names: Freiin is a title, translated as 'Baroness', not a first or middle name. The title is for the unmarried daughters of a Freiherr.
- ^ alexanderpalace.org. "Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden". alexanderpalace.org. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
- ^ "Gilbert's Books (Publisher) – Books on the Romanovs – Before the Storm by Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden". Angelfire.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2005. Retrieved 2011-11-12.