Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov (Chernysheva-Besobrasova; Russian: графиня Ксения Сергеевна Чернышёва-Безобразова; 11 June 1929, Paris – 20 September 1968, Casteau, Belgium) was the first wife of Archduke Rudolf of Austria, the youngest son of the last reigning Emperor of Austria-Hungary, Charles I.
She was the younger daughter of Count Sergei Chernyshyev-Besobrasov (later of New York City) by his wife Countess Elisabeth Dmitrievna Sheremeteva, and has descended from two prominent Russian noble families.
[2] Count Sergei fled Russia after the Revolution, and settled in the United States with his wife Elizabeth, his son Alexander, and two daughters Irina and Xenia.
Carmel Roman Catholic Church at Tuxedo Park, New York,[1] where Rudolf and his mother the Dowager Empress Zita were said to live on a "large estate".
[5] Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov was one of the first non-royal brides to marry into the former Imperial House of Austria in what would be accepted as an equal marriage, despite the relative obscurity of her father's family and the recentness of his title.