Née Countess Chernysheva-Bezobrazova
Кн. Ирина Сергеевна (Чернышева-Безобразова) Багратион-Мухранская
The Board of Directors of the Russian Nobility Association in America announce with regret the death of Princess Irina Sergeievna Bagration-Moukhransky on the 9th of July. Princess Bagration was 89 years old, and a cornerstone of New York’s Russian and Georgian émigré communities.
Countess Irina Sergeievna Chernysheva-Bezobrazova was born at Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France, on 26 September 1926, the youngest daughter of Count Sergei Aleksandrovich Chernyshev-Bezobrazov and his wife, born Countess Elizaveta Cheremetieva. Educated privately, Irina Sergeievna and her older sister grew up at the center of the émigré circles in France and Germany in the period between the wars. Irina’s older sister, Countess Xenia Sergeievna Chernysheva-Bezobrazova married H.I.& R.H. Archduke Rudolf Syringus of Austria, the youngest son of Karl I, the last Emperor of Austria-Hungary.
After World War II, Irina Sergeievna moved to the United States where she met Prince Teymouraz Konstantinovich Bagration-Moukhransky. The marriage was celebrated on 27 November 1949, and took place in New York City. He was 37 and she was 23. They had no children.
Prince Bagration was the son of Prince Konstantin Alexandrovich Bagration-Moukhransky, a descendant of the senior branch of the former Georgian Royal House, and his wife, HH Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna of Russia. Tatiana Konstantinovna was the daughter of H.I.H. Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna, born a Princess of Saxe-Altenburg. After escaping the Revolution with his mother and his sister, Prince Teymouraz moved to Serbia, where he served in the Royal Yugoslav Army during the war, and moved to New York in 1947. The marriage was celebrated on 27 November 1949 and took place in New York City. He was 37 and she was 23. They had no children.
Prince Theymouraz was invited to join the Tolstoy Foundation in 1949. He became Executive Director of the Foundation in 1979 and led the organization from 1986 until his death in New York in 1992. On 5 July 2007, Princess Bagration presented her husband’s unique archive to the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia.
The funeral services are scheduled to take place at Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church in Astoria at 10:00 am Saturday, July 11, followed by the burial at the Cemetery of the Novo-Diveevo Convent in Spring Valley, New York.
Née Countess Chernysheva-Bezobrazova
Кн. Ирина Сергеевна (Чернышева-Безобразова) Багратион-Мухранская
The Board of Directors of the Russian Nobility Association in America announce with regret the death of Princess Irina Sergeievna Bagration-Moukhransky on the 9th of July. Princess Bagration was 89 years old, and a cornerstone of New York’s Russian and Georgian émigré communities.
Countess Irina Sergeievna Chernysheva-Bezobrazova was born at Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France, on 26 September 1926, the youngest daughter of Count Sergei Aleksandrovich Chernyshev-Bezobrazov and his wife, born Countess Elizaveta Cheremetieva. Educated privately, Irina Sergeievna and her older sister grew up at the center of the émigré circles in France and Germany in the period between the wars. Irina’s older sister, Countess Xenia Sergeievna Chernysheva-Bezobrazova married H.I.& R.H. Archduke Rudolf Syringus of Austria, the youngest son of Karl I, the last Emperor of Austria-Hungary.
After World War II, Irina Sergeievna moved to the United States where she met Prince Teymouraz Konstantinovich Bagration-Moukhransky. The marriage was celebrated on 27 November 1949, and took place in New York City. He was 37 and she was 23. They had no children.
Prince Bagration was the son of Prince Konstantin Alexandrovich Bagration-Moukhransky, a descendant of the senior branch of the former Georgian Royal House, and his wife, HH Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna of Russia. Tatiana Konstantinovna was the daughter of H.I.H. Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich and his wife, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna, born a Princess of Saxe-Altenburg. After escaping the Revolution with his mother and his sister, Prince Teymouraz moved to Serbia, where he served in the Royal Yugoslav Army during the war, and moved to New York in 1947. The marriage was celebrated on 27 November 1949 and took place in New York City. He was 37 and she was 23. They had no children.
Prince Theymouraz was invited to join the Tolstoy Foundation in 1949. He became Executive Director of the Foundation in 1979 and led the organization from 1986 until his death in New York in 1992. On 5 July 2007, Princess Bagration presented her husband’s unique archive to the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia.
The funeral services are scheduled to take place at Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church in Astoria at 10:00 am Saturday, July 11, followed by the burial at the Cemetery of the Novo-Diveevo Convent in Spring Valley, New York.
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