Diana Phipps
Countess Diana Phipps Sternberg (22 February 1936 – 31 July 2024) was a Czech noble woman, interior designer, and philanthropist.
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Diana Phipps
- Born
- 22 February 1936
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria
- Died
- 31 July 2024
- Spouse
- Henry Ogden Phipps (m. 23 April 1957; d. 11 April 1962)
- Full name
- Franziska Diana Sternbergová.
- Nationality
- England.
- Occupation
- designer and interior architect.
- Fields
- nobility and residential interior.
- Languages
- Czech.
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Countess Diana Phipps Sternberg (22 February 1936 – 31 July 2024) was a Czech noble woman, interior designer, and philanthropist.
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• Title — Countess • Born — 22 February 1936 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria • Died — 31 July 2024 • Place of death — Vienna, Austria • Spouse — Henry Ogden Phipps (m. 23 April 1957; d. 11 April 1962) • Full Name — Diana Franziska Alice Mary Guadeloupe Sternberg
Biography
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). Sternberg married Henry Ogden Phipps, an American financier, at the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Kingston, Jamaica on 23 April 1957. They had one daughter, Alexandra Hardegg. Henry died on 11 April 1962. She published Affordable Splendour in 1981, which covers low-budget interior decoration methods through photographs, step-by-step instructions and DIY projects. 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. Sternberg died in Vienna on 31 July 2024, at the age of 88.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Diana Phipps was recorded at birth as Franziska Diana Sternbergová. The authorities additionally record the heading Diana Phipps Sternberg. Her recorded language was Czech. She was the child of Leopold Sternberg and Cecilia Sternberg.
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1936
Diana Phipps born at Vienna.
2024
Diana Phipps died at Vienna.
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