Czech noble woman (1936–2024)
Diana Phipps Sternberg Born (1936-02-22 ) 22 February 1936Vienna , Austria Died 31 July 2024(2024-07-31) (aged 88) Vienna, Austria Spouse Henry Ogden Phipps (m. 23 April 1957; d. 11 April 1962) Diana Franziska Alice Mary Guadeloupe Sternberg
Countess Diana Phipps Sternberg (22 February 1936 – 31 July 2024) was a Czech noble woman , interior designer , and philanthropist .
Diana Franziska Alice Mary Guadeloupe Sternberg was born on 22 February 1936 in Vienna , Austria to Leopold Sternberg (1896–1957) and Countess Cecilia Reventlow-Criminil (1908–1983).[ 1]
Sternberg married Henry Ogden Phipps , an American financier, at the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Kingston, Jamaica on 23 April 1957.[ 2] [ 3] They had one daughter, Alexandra Hardegg.[ 4] Henry died on 11 April 1962.[ 5]
Sternberg lived in London, England until the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia .[ 1] Častolovice Castle and Zásmuky Château were returned to Sternberg in restitution on 31 October 1992.[ 4]
Sternberg died in Vienna on 31 July 2024, at the age of 88.[ 6] [ 7]
^ a b "Šternberkové pod drobnohledem: Diana Phipps Sternbergová" [The Sternbergs under the microscope: Diana Phipps Sternberg]. Czech Royal Institute (in Czech). 6 September 2022. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024 .
^ "HENRY PHIPPS WEDS DIANA STERNBERG" . The New York Times . Kingston, Jamaica. 25 April 1957.
^ Camden, Vera J., ed. (16 December 2021). The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Psychoanalysis . Cambridge Companions to Literature. Cambridge University Press . p. 149. doi :10.1017/9781108763691 . ISBN 978-1-108-47748-2 . OCLC 1281790321 .
^ a b Blahníková, Irena (31 July 2024). "Zemřela bývalá majitelka zámku v Zásmukách Diana Sternbergová, bylo jí 88 let" [Diana Sternbergová, the former owner of the chateau in Zásmuky, died at the age of 88]. Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media .
^ "HENRY PHIPPS, 31, FOUND DEAD HERE; Wealthy Stable Owner's Son Discovered in Hotel Suite Door Chained Shut Tokyo to Limit Water Supply" . The New York Times . 12 April 1962.
^ Ferenčík, Jakub (31 July 2024). "Diana Phipps Sternberg: Renowned interior designer and philanthropist dies at 88" . Radio Prague . Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024 .
^ "Diana Phipps, Countess Sternberg, exiled Czech who became London's most eccentric interior decorator – obituary" . The Telegraph. 12 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024 .
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