Countess Diana Phipps Sternberg (22 February 1936 – 31 July 2024) was a Czech noble woman, interior designer, and philanthropist.
| Diana Phipps Sternberg | |||||
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| Born | 22 February 1936 Vienna, Austria | ||||
| Died | 31 July 2024 (aged 88) Vienna, Austria | ||||
| Spouse | Henry Ogden Phipps (m. 23 April 1957; d. 11 April 1962) | ||||
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Biography
editDiana 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]
References
edit- ^ 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.