Felix Yusupov
1887 – 1967 Russian Prince and aristocrat, chief killer of Rasputin
The wealthy prince who organized the murder of Rasputin.
- Religion
- Russian Orthodox aristocrat.
- Affiliations
- High nobility; married a niece of Nicholas II; led the 1916 murder of Rasputin.
Yusupov was one of the richest aristocrats in Russia and married into the imperial family. Convinced Rasputin was destroying the monarchy, he lured him to his palace in 1916 and led the plot to kill him. He fled Russia after the revolution and lived out his life in exile in Paris.
Connections
- rival of Grigori Rasputin — Organized and took part in his assassination in 1916.
- rival of Grigori Rasputin — Yusupov led the conspiracy that murdered him in 1916.