Diana Phipps Sternberg

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Diana Phipps Sternberg
Countess
Born(1936-02-22)22 February 1936
Vienna, Austria
Died31 July 2024(2024-07-31) (aged 88)
Vienna, Austria
SpouseHenry Ogden Phipps
(m. 23 April 1957; d. 11 April 1962)
Names
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.

Life

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 on 31 July 2024 in Vienna.[6]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "HENRY PHIPPS WEDS DIANA STERNBERG". The New York Times. Kingston, Jamaica. 25 April 1957.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ 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.
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