Felix Sumarokov-Elston
Felix Felixovitsch Sumarokow-Elston ( Russian Феликс Феликсович Сумароков-Эльстон ; * October 5, 1856 , † June 10, 1928 ) was a Russian nobleman .
Life
Its origin is unclear, the name Elston is said to come from his nanny .
Sumarokow-Elston married on April 4, 1882 in Saint Petersburg Princess Sinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova (7th Princess of the Yusupov) (* September 2, 1861, † November 24, 1939), whose family was very wealthy.
After the death of his father-in-law Nikolai Yusupov the Younger (1827-1891), Felix received the approval of Tsar Alexander III. , whose title is Prince Yusupov and Count Sumarokow-Elston and inheriting these titles to the heirs from his marriage to Sinaida.
Thanks to his wife, he was one of the richest aristocrats in the Russian Empire .
In 1904 he became adjutant to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrowitsch Romanov and in 1914 Governor General of Moscow .
Felix Felixowitsch Jussupow was one of his four sons.
Web links
- Felix Sumarokow-Elston on kunstkopie.de
- Felix Sumarokow-Elston on grwar.ru (Russian)
- Portrait on vgd.ru (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ PDF at tiesenhausen.de ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Bismarck: Der Reichskanzler, CH Beck, 2008. P. 151, ISBN 3406548237 reference on Google Books
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| SURNAME | Sumarokov-Elston, Felix |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sumarokow-Elston, Felix Felixovitsch (full name); Сумароков-Эльстон, Феликс Феликсович; (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1856 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1928 |