#Youssoupoff

[lesyoussoupoff]

Portrait of Princess Irina Alexandrovna Youssoupoff by Alexandre Alexandrovich Gefter in 1923.

[krasivaa]

Princess (Duchess) Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (AKA Princess Youssoupoff) in a costume. The year is 1907.

(RARE!!)

[lesromanoff]

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna with her eldest and favorite granddaughter, Princess Irina Alexandrovna.

[sarshattack]

Princess Zinaida's little white dog

Hello, this might be a shot in the dark but does anyone know the name of Princess Zinaida/Zenaide's dog? I've been looking all over the internet but there's nothing... Has it ever been known? I feel like it should be written down somewhere, right? We know about Felix's Punch and Gugusse and even his macaw but not his mother's dog?

this little white dog!!

I know two of Felix's dogs names but if you also infos on more, I'd gladly take them! I just love the Yusupov and their dogs and I wish we had more informations about them...

[fashionhistory]

Irina Alexandrovna and Felix Yusupov's daughter Irina Yusupova (Bébé) 1916

4 generations (great-grandmother, grandmother, mother, and daughter): Minnie, Xenia, Irina, and Bébé

Mother and daughter: Irina and Bébé

Great-grandmother and great-granddaughter: Minnie and Bébé

Grandmother and granddaughter: Xenia and Bébé

Bébé

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

AWW🥹💞

Princess Irina Alexandrovna and her daughter Irina Yusupova (Bebe)

[thepaleys]

Vladimir Paley and his relationship with his sisters

The person who had the most lasting impact on Natalie's childhood was her brother Vladimir, who had all the talents. So much so that throughout her life, she searched for imitations of Bodia - who over time became to her the very essence of masculine perfection in most of her friends.

“He read to us plays by Edmond Rostand, The Blue Bird by Maeterlinck, extracts from Rabindranath Tagore and naturally his own works,” remembers Princess Irène Paley . “He wrote small plays for us, drawing the costumes, brushing the sets, adjusting the lighting. He played works of his own composition for hours on the piano." As Jacques Ferrand recalls, in the portrait that he paints of himself, one might have believed at first glance that he was an affected and spoiled child whereas in reality he had great maturity, very unusual for his age.

His parents, and particularly his mother, to whom he was very close, always encouraged his rare gifts. "From childhood, he wrote verses of which he had nothing to be ashamed of - some of his works can be compared to those of Pushkin", Prince Félix Youssoupoff assured, translating the general opinion with these words, "painted and played the piano like a virtuoso." An ideal big brother. If we add to so many intellectual qualities his Narcissus looks, then we have a precise idea of his personality. (...)

Vladimir was a source of joy for everyone. Grand Duke Paul himself, so often lost in thought, laughed a lot in her presence. He liked to leaf through the album of caricatures made by Bodia, who always caught everyone's faults, starting with his own.

Concerning Irene and Natalie, we owe him the most revealing text, the most psychologically accurate, as to the links which united them: "This year, Iricha is doing her devotions for the first time. She came with us to church without Natacha who didn't know what to do at home. We took her for a walk but she still seemed bored." Since it was always Iricha who was 'the leader', Natacha had difficulty being without her older sister, and what's more, they were not used to living apart. When one of them was ill, the other wandered sadly, like a shadow around the house, but when they played together in the garden, they invariably fought but resumed their games after five minutes, as if nothing had happened. As the popular saying goes: “Together we feel cramped and apart we feel bored.”

Until 1913, when Natalie was eight years old, Bodia shared his parents' exile then, with the authorization of Tsar Nicholas II, he returned to Russia in order to complete his education in the Corps des Pages; he was left with little choice... a career as an officer in the family tradition. From then on, his two sisters impatiently awaited his return to Boulogne, dressed in his dark blue uniform with golden frogs and peaked helmet with a white mane.

The direction given to Vladimir's studies is surprising, because nothing about his nature predisposed him to such a change of heart [from his artistic inspirations]. This choice had the stamp of Grand Duke Paul, who, unlike his wife, "didn't understand the qualities which gave his son all his value"; moreover, his somewhat bohemian tendencies surprised him and, perhaps, also worried him slightly. Time proved him right. Bodia, separated from his family, far from the adoration his mother and sisters bestowed on him, took full advantage of the contact with other boys his age and the merciless discipline of the Corps des Pages. He became more natural, more spontaneous, while never neglecting his different passions. His departure was the first heartbreak of Natalie's childhood.

Princess en Exile - Jean-Noel Liaut

[elsalouisa]

"Shortly after my sister Xenia’s birth, Uncle Felix’s wife also had a baby, to whose christening my mother and I were invited. The Emperor was going to be the godfather, and the two empresses were to be present. I was familiar with the Emperor’s face, for it was imprinted on all the coins and stamps, and the moment I entered the Youssoupoffs’ private chapel I began to look around for him. I imagined him a big man. Instead I saw a small, slender man in the drab wartime uniform. The Empress was standing in front of her four daughters, the latter dressed very simply in white. The Empress was tall and handsome in a grave, distant manner. The grand duchesses looked friendly. Once I saw one of them giggle, but carefully, so that their mother did not see. The Dowager Empress was small and fragile, yet she conveyed the fact that she was a crowned head".

Zenaide Bashkiroff "Nights are longest there"

[thejazzera]

Edward Steichen, Princess Irina Alexandrovna Yusupov, ca. 1924

Princess Youssoupoff (formerly Grand Duchess Irini of Russia and also Princess Xenia) wearing a black dress with black turban, and an opera length strand of pearls, standing in profile by a table.

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via lesyoussoupoff

Princess Irina Youssoupoff with her brother, Prince Dmitri

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[lesyoussoupoff]

"I forgot to say that at Torby (home of Countess Sophie Torby) I saw the last photograph of Ksenia Alexandrovna's daughter. How beautiful she is..." Letter from Prince Felix Youssoupoff to his mother, Zenaida in October 1910.

[krasivaa]

Grand Duchesses Tatiana Nikolaevna & Olga Nikolaevna of Russia with their cousin, Princess Irina Alexandrovna, 1911-1912.

[kirafangirl]

FELIX WEARING A DRESS

FELIX WEARING A DRESS

HE'S POSING WITH A PARASOL AND WEARING A DRESS OH MY GOD I AM PISSING MY PANTS RIGHT NOW

HIS SASS

ARGH 😭😭💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

edit:: just seeing all of these actual serious historical blogs reblogging this is surprising. like, y'all caption your posts in a very formal-esque manner, while i'm here simply acting like your average fangirl. love u all though, thanks for the support

source:: https://www.bibelotslondon.com/antique-photo-prince--felix-yusupov-youssoupoff-in-dress--parasol-5872-p.asp

[herbertwest]

Got a necklace featuring my Favorite Historical Figure, Prince Felix Yusupov!

(From here)

[detournementsmineurs]

Irina de Russie et Félix Youssoupoff à l'exposition en ligne “Une Education Sentimentale” disponible sur la plateforme virtuelle “12bis” de Chaumet, avril 2020.