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Felix Yusupov
Knyaz Felix Felixovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston was a Russian aristocrat from the House of Yusupov who is best known for participating in the assassination of Grigori Rasputin and for marrying Princess Irina Alexandrovna, a niece of Emperor Nicholas II.
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business · Russian aristocrat (1887–1967) · military officer · patron of the arts · entrepreneur · opinion journalist · also Felix Yusupov, Feliks Feliksovich Yusupov, Felix Felixovich Yousoupov, Prince Yousoupov, Yusupov
Born 11 March 1887 · Died 27 September 1967 · Q312997
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1967· 2 entries
Died 1967-09-27.
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Irina was stricken by grief and she died three years later, on 26 February 1970
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1965· 1 entry
Felix Yusupov also sued CBS in a New York court for televising a play based upon the Rasputin assassination
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1934· 1 entry
The Yusupovs were awarded £25,000 damages, an enormous sum at the time, which was attributed to the successful arguments of their barrister, Patrick Hastings
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1932· 1 entry
And his wife successfully sued American film company MGM, in the English courts, for libel and invasion of privacy in connection with the film Rasputin and the Empress
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1928· 1 entry
After Yusupov published his memoir detailing the killing of Rasputin, Rasputin's daughter, Maria, sued Yusupov and Dmitri in a Paris court for damages of $800,000
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1921· 1 entry
And are now in the National Gallery in Washington, DC
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1913· 1 entry
Yusupov became engaged to Princess Irina of Russia, the emperor's only biological niece, in the Yusupov Palace in Koreiz
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1908· 1 entry
Felix was the heir to an immense fortune
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1887· 1 entry
Born 1887-03-11.
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