Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba


Prince Grégoire Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan was a Romanian-French prince.

Early life

Prince Grégoire was born in Kraków on 12 December 1827 and was a son of Prince Georges Bibesco and Princess Zoé Bassaraba de Brancovan.

Personal life

He married Rakoul Musurus, the daughter of Pasha Constantine Musurus the Turkish ambassador to Britain. Among her extended family was uncle Anthony Asquith, aunt Elizabeth Lucy, Princess Bibesco. Her maternal grandparents were Prime Minister of the United Kingdom H. H. Asquith and the socialite and author Margot Asquith. They had three children:
, Princess of Brancovan, Marcel Proust, Prince Constantin Brancovan, and Léon Delafosse. 2nd row: Madame de Montgenard, Princesse de Polignac, Countess Anna de Noailles, 1st row: Princess Hélène Caraman-Chimay, Abel Hermant
Their home, Villa Bassaraba just west of Évian at Amphion-les-Bains, was a gathering place for music and poetry lovers, including Marcel Proust, Prince Edmond de Polignac, the Princess de Polignac, Prince Antoine Bibesco, and the novelist Abel Hermant.
Prince Gregoire died in Paris on 15 October 1886.

Descendants

Through his daughter Hélène, he was a grandfather of Prince Marc-Adolphe de Caraman-Chimay.