Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba

His wife, Rakoul, appears in a fashionable crowd in the Bois de Boulogne drawn by Guth, 1897.

Prince Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan (12 December 1827 – 15 October 1886)^[1] was a Romanian-French prince.

Early life[]

Prince Grégoire was born in Kraków on 12 December 1827 and was a son of Romanian Prince Georges Bibesco (Gheorghe Bibescu) and Princess Zoé Bassaraba de Brancovan (Brâncoveanu).^[1]

Personal life[]

His daughter, Anna, Comtesse de Noailles, by Philip de László, 1913.

He married Rakoul (Rachel) Musurus (born c. 1848), the daughter of Pasha (1807–1891) the Turkish ambassador to Britain. Among her extended family was uncle Anthony Asquith (a prominent English film director), aunt Elizabeth Lucy, Princess Bibesco (wife of Prince Antoine Bibesco). Her maternal grandparents were Prime Minister of the United Kingdom H. H. Asquith (later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith) and the socialite and author Margot Asquith.^[2] They had three children:^[3]

Prince Constantine Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan (1875–1967)
Princess Anna Elisabeth Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan (1876–1933), who married Conste Mathieu Frederic Ferdinand garcal de Noailles in Paris On July 29, 1897. Anna Elizabeth was a contemporary of Marcel Proust and a prominent figure in Parisian society.^[3]
Princess (1878–1929), who married Belgian Prince (1873–1951), a son of Joseph de Caraman-Chimay, 18th Prince de Chimay and brother of Élisabeth, Countess Greffulhe and Joseph, Prince de Caraman-Chimay (married to American heiress Clara Ward).^[4] After Princess Hélène's death in 1929, Prince Alexandre married Mathilde Stuyvesant (widow of American Rutherfurd Stuyvesant).^[5]

From left to right, standing: Prince Edmond de Polignac, Princess of Brancovan, Marcel Proust, Prince Constantin Brancovan (brother of Anna de Noailles), and Léon Delafosse. 2nd row: Madame de Montgenard, Princesse de Polignac, Countess Anna de Noailles, 1st row: Princess Hélène Caraman-Chimay (sister of Anna de Noailles), Abel Hermant

Their home, Villa Bassaraba just west of Évian at Amphion-les-Bains, was a gathering place for music and poetry lovers, including Marcel Proust, Prince Edmond de Polignac, the Princess de Polignac (formerly Winnaretta Singer, a daughter of Singer sewing machine fortune founder Isaac Singer), Prince Antoine Bibesco, and the novelist Abel Hermant.^[3]

Prince Gregoire died in Paris on 15 October 1886.^[1]

Descendants[]

Through his daughter Hélène, he was a grandfather of Prince Marc-Adolphe de Caraman-Chimay (1903–1992).^[5]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Le prince Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan". www.citedevian.fr (in French). 13 October 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
^ "Ralouka ('Rachel') Bibesco-Bassaraba (née Musurus), Princess de Brancovan". www.npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Carter, William C. (2013). Marcel Proust: A Life, with a New Preface by the Author. Yale University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-300-19179-0. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
^ Almanach de Gotha (in French). J. Perthes. 1907. p. 434. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "MRS. STUYYESANT IS WED TO PRINCE; Becomes Bride of Alexandre de Caraman-Chimay, Member of an Old Belgian Family. SHE WAS ONCE BARONESS Widow of Noted New Yorker Was Dutch Nobleman's Widow at Marriage 30 Years Ago". The New York Times. 18 August 1933. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

External links[]

Ralouka ('Rachel') Bibesco-Bassaraba (née Musurus), Princess de Brancovan at the National Portrait Gallery, London

[citedevian-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Le prince Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan". www.citedevian.fr (in French). 13 October 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

[RaloukaBBnpg-2] "Ralouka ('Rachel') Bibesco-Bassaraba (née Musurus), Princess de Brancovan". www.npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

[Carter2013-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Carter, William C. (2013). Marcel Proust: A Life, with a New Preface by the Author. Yale University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-300-19179-0. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

[Gotha1907-4] Almanach de Gotha (in French). J. Perthes. 1907. p. 434. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

[1933Wedding-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "MRS. STUYYESANT IS WED TO PRINCE; Becomes Bride of Alexandre de Caraman-Chimay, Member of an Old Belgian Family. SHE WAS ONCE BARONESS Widow of Noted New Yorker Was Dutch Nobleman's Widow at Marriage 30 Years Ago". The New York Times. 18 August 1933. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

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