Musurus, Raluka, princess Bibesco |
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BORN 1847, Constantinopel (now: Istanbul) - DIED 26 Sep 1923, Paris GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Père Lachaise, Rue du Repos 16 (division 28, chemin du Dragon, ligne 01 (body without the heart)) |
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Raluka Musurus was born in Constantinopel into a family of humanists from Crete. Shortly after her birth the family moved to London where here father Constantine Musurus was to represent Turkey as ambassador. Later she liked to mention that she used to sit on the knees of Queen Victoria. She was a talented pianist who had studied with Camille Dubois, the last student of Chopin. The Polish composer and Prime Minister Ignacy Paderewski dedicated several works to her. In 1874 she married Grégoire Bibesco Bassaraba de Brancovan, the son of Georges Dimitri Bibesco, the pretender to the throne of Wallachia. They had three children and one of them was the poet Anna de Noailles. Family • Daughter: Bibesco, Anna, Comtesse de Noailles |
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 The mausoleum of Anna de Bibesco, Comtesse de Noailles at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (19 Nov 2006) |
