Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NamePrince Antoine (Alexander) Bibescu, 8C5R
Birth1878
Death1951
OccupationDiplomat (during WWI at the Rumanian Embassy in London).
Note 1Minister Plenipotentiary of Romania to the USA. Allegedly he and his brother Emmanuel were the subjects of Dostoevski's 'The Brothers Karamazov'. Introduced Proust to Picasso and introduced Paul Morand to Proust and to Hélène Chryssoveloni.
Note 1Close friend of Proust. Encouraged the writer to submit his manuscript 'Du Côté de Chez Swann' to the young publishing house Nouvelle Revue Française (where it was rejected).
FlagsCantacuzene, Caradja, Giustiniani Pi, Mavrogordato, Maximo
FatherPrince Alexander (George) Bibescu (1842-?)
MotherMaria (Emmanuel) Costaki-Epureanu (?-?)
Marriage30 Apr 1919, Greek Orthodox Cathedral, St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, Westminster, London, England
SpouseElizabeth Charlotte (Herbert) Asquith
Birthabt 1897
Death1945
FatherHerbert H. Asquith
MotherMargot Tennant