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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Jorge de Bagration
| title = Prince of Georgia<br>Prince of Mukhrani
| image =
| caption = 
| succession = [[Bagrationi dynasty|Head of the Royal House of Georgia (disputed)]]
| reign = 30 October 1977 – 16 January 2008
| reign-type = Tenure
| predecessor = [[Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani]]
| successor = [[David Bagration of Mukhrani]]
| spouse = María de las Mercedes Zornoza y Ponce de León<br />Nuria Llopis y Oliart 
| issue  = María Antonieta Bagrationi-Mukhraneli<br />Irakli Bagrationi-Mukhraneli<br />[[David Bagration of Mukhrani]]<br />Ugo Bagration
| full name = 
| house = [[House of Mukhrani|Mukhrani]]
| father = [[Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani]]
| mother = Maria Antonietta Pasquini ''dei Conti'' di Costafiorita 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|2|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Rome]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] 
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|1|16|1944|2|22|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Tbilisi]], Georgia
| burial_place = [[Svetitskhoveli Cathedral]]
| religion    = [[Georgian Orthodox Church]]
|}}
'''Jorge de Bagration y de Mukhrani'''<ref name=tol>{{cite news |title=Prince George Bagration of Mukhrani, Claimant to the throne of Georgia who became well known in Spain as a fearless motor racing and rally driver. |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3291285.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523221949/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3291285.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 May 2010 |work= [[The Times]] |date=2 February 2008 |accessdate=4 February 2008 | location=London}}</ref> or '''Giorgi Bagration-Mukhraneli'''  or '''George Bagration of Mukhrani'''<ref name=tol/> ({{lang-ka|გიორგი (ხორხე) ბაგრატიონ-მუხრანელი|tr}}; 22 February 1944 – 16 January 2008) was a Spanish racing car driver of [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] descent and a claimant to the headship of the [[Bagrationi dynasty]] and to the historical throne of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].<ref name="tol"/>

==Early life==
Jorge was born in [[Rome, Italy]]<ref name=tol/> in 1944, the eldest son of ''[[émigré]]'' [[Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani|Prince Irakli Bagration-Mukhrani]], head of the [[House of Mukhrani|Mukhraneli]] branch of the [[Bagrationi dynasty|Bagration]] royal family of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]. His father, [[Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani|Prince Irakli Bagration-Mukhrani]], had gone into exile in Italy following the [[Bolshevik Revolution]], but retained his claim to the throne of Georgia.<ref name=tol/>

His Italian mother, Maria Antonietta Pasquini (1911–1944), daughter of Ugo, [[Count]] di Costafiorita, died giving birth to him.<ref name=tol/> In 1946, the widowed Prince Irakli married Princess María de las Mercedes de Baviera y Borbón (1911–1953), daughter of [[Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria]] (who had been [[naturalisation|naturalised]] as a Spanish ''[[infante]]'') and granddaughter of King [[Alfonso XII of Spain]], thus bringing the Bagrationis into the marital and social orbit of the [[dynasty|dynasties]] of Western Europe.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Giorgi's cousin, [[Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia]] is, like him, a royal [[pretender]].

==Racing career==
He started his motor sport career in 1959, firstly with motorcycles and from 1963 in cars, racing in various series.  He made two attempts at [[Formula One]], firstly at the [[1968 Spanish Grand Prix]] with a [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]], but his entry was refused.

His second attempt to enter a Grand Prix was again in Spain, at the [[1974 Spanish Grand Prix]], but his efforts fell victim to a very unusual set of circumstances.  He had bought a [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]] TS16 for this race, and he was included on the entry list.  Unfortunately this entry list was mislaid as the outgoing president of the Spanish Motor Sport Federation cleared his office.  When a new entry list was drawn up, in the light of some sponsorship problems that de Bagration was experiencing, he was omitted from it.  Whether or not he would have been able to race with his reduced backing, he should still have been included on the list of entrants. Thus ended his hopes of competing at motor sport's highest level.

He turned later to [[rallying]], and his best result was winning the [[Spanish Rally Championship]] in 1979 and 1981 with a [[Lancia Stratos HF]].  He retired from motor sport in 1982.

==Head of the Royal House of Georgia==
Known as "Giorgi" in Georgia, the prince became a [[pretender|claimant]] to the Headship of the Georgian royal family in exile upon the death of his father on 30 October 1977, and as such used the [[style (manner of address)|style]] of ''[[Royal Highness]]''. The [[House of Bagrationi]] is one of the oldest Christian [[dynasty|dynasties]] in Europe, and reigned over the kingdom of [[Kartli and Kakheti]] until 1801, when Giorgi's ancestral [[realm]] was annexed to the [[Russian Empire]] by Tsar [[Alexander I of Russia]] in violation of the [[Treaty of Georgievsk]]. Many of the Bagrationi were then deported to Russia, and many fled both Georgia and Russia following the [[Russian Revolution (1917)|Russian Revolution]] of 1917. Today there is a small but politically active [https://web.archive.org/web/20100523221949/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3291285.ece  monarchist movement in Georgia].

Giorgi was recognised in 1991 by the Georgian government and parliament as head of the former royal family despite rival claims by other branches of the [[Bagrationi dynasty]].<ref name=tol/> He inherited from his father the titles Duke of the Lasos, [[List of sovereigns of Kakheti|Prince of Kakhetia]], [[Kartli|Kartalia]] and [[Mukhrani|Mukhraneli]]. He was also [[Grand Master (order)|Grand Master]] of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia and the Tunic of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Protector Egregio of Divisa of the Old Cavalry and Devotion of San Miguel the Milagroso.<ref>{{cite news |title=La súbita muerte de Jorge de Bagration deja a su hijo el príncipe Irakly como heredero al trono de Georgia |url=http://www.monarquiaconfidencial.com/pg_Articulo.aspx?IdObjeto=169 |publisher=Monarquía Confidencial |date=18 January 2008 |accessdate=9 February 2008 |language=es |archive-date=22 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080322021407/http://www.monarquiaconfidencial.com/pg_Articulo.aspx?IdObjeto=169 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Prince Giorgi made his first visit to his ancestral homeland to bury his father's ashes in 1995. He lived in [[Marbella]], Spain most of his life, but moved to Georgia, where his sons David and Irakli lived. He died in [[Tbilisi]] on 16 January 2008 from complications of [[hepatitis]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} He was interred among his ancestors, the kings of Georgia, in the [[Svetitskhoveli Cathedral]] in [[Mtskheta]] on 20 January 2008.<ref>{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.newsgeorgia.ru/geo1/20080116/42137204.html Скончался царевич Георгий Хорхе Багратиони (Prince Jorge Bagration died)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119114341/http://www.newsgeorgia.ru/geo1/20080116/42137204.html |date=19 January 2008 }}. ''News Georgia''. 16 January 2008.</ref><ref>{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080119022431/http://www.lavanguardia.es/lv24h/20080116/53427819181.html Fallece Jorge Bagration, piloto español de rallys y heredero del trono de Georgia]. ''LaVanguardia.es'' 16 January 2008.</ref>

== Family ==
Jorge married, firstly, María de las Mercedes Zornoza<ref>(in Spanish) Eduardo Verbo, [https://www.revistavanityfair.es/sociedad/articulos/maria-de-las-mercedes-zornoza-muerte-quien-era-georgia/44571 "La familia real (y española) de Georgia, de luto por la muerte de su matriarca"], ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|revistavanityfair.es]]'', 21 April 2020.</ref> y Ponce de León (14 August 1942, Madrid – 17 March 2020, Villafranca del Castillo). Their children were:
*Princess María Antonieta Bagrationi-Mukhraneli (born 21 June 1969), wed in 1994 to Jaime Gaixas Marcet. They have a son, Jaime Gaixas Bagration (born 15 September 1995).
*Prince Irakli Bagrationi-Mukhraneli (born 26 August 1972), unmarried and without issue, who renounced the succession in favour of his brother.
*[[David Bagration of Mukhrani]] (born 24 June 1976), who wed [[Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky]] (born 1 November 1976), daughter of the head of the [[Kakheti]]an branch of the Bagrationi dynasty, Prince [[Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky]], on 8 February 2009 at the [[Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral]], in Tbilisi. Prince David and Princess Anna's son, [[Giorgi Bagration Bagrationi]] was born in 2011.

Jorge married, secondly, fellow race car driver Nuria Llopis y Oliart (born 14 November 1953 in Barcelona). They had one child:
*Prince Gourami ''Ugo'' Bagration (born 14 February 1985), wed civilly on 19 November 2022, Niki "''Nekia''" Lane, at Benahavís, [[Province of Málaga]], Spain.

==Complete Formula One World Championship results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! WDC
! [[List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems|Points]]
|-
| [[1968 Formula One season|1968]]
! Escudería Nacional CS
! [[Lola Cars|Lola]] [[Lola T100|T100]]
! [[Cosworth#The FVA series|Ford Cosworth FVA]] 1.6 [[Inline-four engine|L4]]
| [[1968 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1968 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br/>{{small|DNA}}
| [[1968 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1968 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1968 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1968 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1968 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1968 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1968 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1968 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1968 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[1968 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
|
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
| [[1974 Formula One season|1974]]
! Escudería Nacional CS
! [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]] [[Surtees TS16|TS16]]
! [[Cosworth DFV|Ford Cosworth DFV]] 3.0 [[V8 engine|V8]]
| [[1974 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
| [[1974 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
| [[1974 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1974 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br/>{{small|DNA}}
| [[1974 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1974 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1974 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]
| [[1974 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1974 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1974 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1974 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1974 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]
| [[1974 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1974 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1974 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
! NC
! 0
|}

==Ancestors==
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|title=Ancestors of Jorge de Bagration  
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|1= 1. '''Prince Jorge Bagration-Mukhrani'''
|2= 2. [[Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani|Irakli, Prince Bagrationi-Mukhraneli]]
|3= 3. Maria Antonietta Pasquini dei conti di Costafiorita
|4= 4. [[George Bagration of Mukhrani|George, Prince Bagrationi-Mukhraneli]]
|5= 5. Helena Nowina Złotnicka
|6= 6. Ugo Pasquini, Count di Costafiorita
|7= 7. Enrichetta Gastaldi
|8= 8. [[Alexander Bagration of Mukhrani|Alexander, Prince Bagrationi-Mukhraneli]]
|9= 9. Maria Dmitrievna Golovatcheva
|10= 10. Sigismund Nowina Złotnicki
|11= 11. Princess Maria Elisabarowna Eristavi-Ksani
|12= 12. Carisio Pasquini
|13= 13. Caterina Mancini
|14= 14. Brigadier-General Francesco Antonio Gastaldi
|15= 15. Augusta Petrini
}}

== See also ==
*[[Monarchism in Georgia]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100523221949/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3291285.ece Prince George Bagration of Mukhrani, Claimant to the throne of Georgia who became well known in Spain as a fearless motor racing and rally driver], obituary in [[The Times]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721030331/http://www.royalhouseofgeorgia.ge/es/home.php Royal House of Bagration of Georgia]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010418070655/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/6517/bagrationart.html  ''The Romanoffs and the Bagrations''], by Daniel Sargis.
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080120045849/http://www.czipm.org/bagration-e.html Heraldry of the Royal House of Bagration-Mouchraneli]}}

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