Princess Zinaida Yusupova | |
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 Portrait, c. 1882 | |
| Head of the House of Yusupov | |
| Tenure | 19 July 1891 – 24 November 1939 |
| Predecessor | Prince Nikolai Yusupov |
| Successor | Prince Felix Yusupov |
| Full name | Zinaida Nikolayevna Yusupova |
| Born | 2 September 1861 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | 24 November 1939 (aged 78) Paris, France |
| Noble family | Yusupov |
| Spouse(s) | Count Felix Sumarokov-Elston (m. 1882, wid. 1928) |
| Issue | Prince Nicholas Felixovich Yusupov Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov |
| Father | Prince Nicholas Borisovich Yusupov |
| Mother | Countess Tatiana Alexandrovna de Ribeaupierre |
Princess Zinaida Nikolayevna Yusupova (Russian: Зинаи́да Никола́евна Юсу́пова; 2 September 1861 – 24 November 1939)[1] was an Imperial Russian noblewoman, the only heiress of Russia's largest private fortune of her time. Famed for her beauty and the lavishness of her hospitality, she was a leading figure in pre-Revolutionary Russian society. In 1882, she married Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston, who served briefly as General Governor of Moscow Military District (1914–1915). Zinaida is best known as the mother of Prince Felix Yusupov, the murderer of Rasputin. She escaped revolutionary Russia and spent her remaining years living in exile.