Diana Phipps Sternberg Explained

Countess
Birth Date:	22 February 1936
Birth Place:	Vienna, Austria
Death Place:	Vienna, Austria
Spouse:	Henry Ogden Phipps (m. 23 April 1957; d. 11 April 1962)
Full Name:	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.

Biography

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. Henry died on 11 April 1962.^[4]

Sternberg lived in London, England until the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia. Častolovice Castle and Zásmuky Château were returned to Sternberg in restitution on 31 October 1992.^[5]

Sternberg died in Vienna on 31 July 2024, at the age of 88.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 6 September 2022 . Šternberkové pod drobnohledem: Diana Phipps Sternbergová . The Sternbergs under the microscope: Diana Phipps Sternberg . Czech Royal Institute . cs . 8 August 2024 . 18 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240418181339/https://www.ceskykralovskyinstitut.cz/dianna-phipps-sternbergova/ . live .
2. News: April 25, 1957 . HENRY PHIPPS WEDS DIANA STERNBERG . . Kingston, Jamaica.
3. Book: The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Psychoanalysis . Cambridge Companions to Literature . 16 December 2021 . . 978-1-108-47748-2 . Camden . Vera J. . 149 . 10.1017/9781108763691 . 1281790321.
4. News: 12 April 1962 . 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.
5. News: 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 . . . cs.
6. News: Ferenčík . Jakub . July 31, 2024 . Diana Phipps Sternberg: Renowned interior designer and philanthropist dies at 88 . . 8 August 2024 . 8 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240808215814/https://english.radio.cz/diana-phipps-sternberg-renowned-interior-designer-and-philanthropist-dies-88-8824365 . live .
7. News: Diana Phipps, Countess Sternberg, exiled Czech who became London’s most eccentric interior decorator – obituary . 13 August 2024 . The Telegraph . 12 August 2024.