Jorge de Bagration
Don Jorge de Bagration y di Costafiorita (born Giorgi Bagration-Muchrani ; born February 22, 1944 in Rome , † January 16, 2008 in Tbilisi ) was recognized head of the former royal family of Georgia from 1991 . He had Spanish citizenship and worked as a motor sportsman until the 1980s .
Life
He was born as the only son of the Georgian aristocratic descendant Irakli Bagration-Muchrani (1909–1977) and the Italian Countess Maria Antonietta Pasquini dei Conti di Costafiorita (1911–1944) while emigrating. His mother died in childbirth. His stepmother became Infanta Maria de las Mercedes of Spain (1911–1953) in 1946 , daughter of Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria and the Spanish Infanta Maria Theresa , a daughter of King Alfonso XII.
In 1991 the Georgian government and parliament recognized his claim to the throne. He first visited Georgia in 1995 to bury his father's ashes there. He later moved to Georgia, where his sons David and Irakli also live. He established a residence near Tbilisi. He died of complications from hepatitis and was buried at the side of his ancestors on January 20, 2008 in Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta .
Motorsport
In 1959, de Bagration began a motorsport career. He initially drove motorcycles and from 1963 racing cars. He tried twice in vain to take part in Formula 1 races. He made his first attempt at the Spanish Grand Prix in 1968 with a Formula 2 racing car from Lola , which, however, was not approved by the organizers of the race. In 1974 de Bagration registered a private Surtees TS16 for the Spanish Grand Prix . In the first version of the entry list, de Bagration was listed under starting number 29, but he did not appear in the final entry list. In part, this is attributed to the withdrawal of one of its sponsors. In 1970, after four races in Interlagos , de Bagration in a Porsche 908 was runner-up behind Emerson Fittipaldi in the so-called COPA BRASIL Championship in Brazil.
In 1979 and 1981 he won the Spanish rally championship in a Lancia Stratos HF . In 1982 he retired from motorsport to make a name for himself as Public Relations Director for Fiat Spain and Portugal in the 1980s .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1972 | Ecurie Bonnier Switzerland | Lola T280 | Hughes de Fierlant | Mário de Araújo Cabral | failure | Clutch damage |
1973 | Escuderia Montjuich Tergal | Chevron B23 | José Juncadella | failure | Gearbox damage |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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1972 | Escuderia Montjuich Ecurie Bonnier |
Porsche 908 Lola T290 Lola T280 |
BUA | DAY | SEB | BRH | MON | SPA | TAR | ONLY | LEM | ZEL | WAT |
6th | DNF | DNF | DNF | ||||||||||
1973 | Racing Enterprises Escuderia Montjuich |
Chevron B23 | DAY | VAL | DIJ | MON | SPA | TAR | ONLY | LEM | ZEL | WAT | |
DNF | DNF | DNF |
Web links
- Obituary in the Times (English).
- Motorsport career de Bagrations on the website www.f1rejects.com
- Biography of Jorge de Bagrations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Detailed description of Jorge de Bagrations' motorsport career on the website http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/debagration/biography.html (accessed on May 9, 2014).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bagration, Jorge de |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bagration y di Costafiorita, Jorge de; Bagration-Muchrani, Giorgi (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish motor sportsman, self-proclaimed boss of the former royal family of Georgia |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 2008 |
Place of death | Tbilisi |