Bruno, Count of Harcourt
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and a Grand Prix motor racing
Grand Prix motor racing
Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver...
driver.
Comte Bruno d'Harcourt was born in Vevey
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, Vaud
Vaud
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, Switzerland
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, the son of Comte Eugène d'Harcourt (1859–1918), French composer and dirigent, and Armande de Pierre de Bernis. On 15 September 1923 he married Isabelle Françoise Helene Marie d'Orléans
Isabelle of Orléans, countess of Harcourt
Princess Isabelle Françoise Hélène Marie of Orléans was member of the House of Orléans and by marriage Countess of Harcourt....
, Princesse de France, daughter of Jean d'Orléans, Duc de Guise
Jean d'Orléans, duc de Guise
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and Isabelle d'Orléans
Isabelle d'Orléans, duchesse de Guise
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Children:
- Bernard d'Harcourt, Comte d'Harcourt (1925-1958)
- Gilone d'Harcourt (1927-
- Isabelle d'Harcourt (1927-1993)
- Monique d'Harcourt (1929-
Bruno d'Harcourt took up automobile racing where he met the celebrated female driver, Hellé Nice
Hellé Nice
Hellé Nice was a model, dancer, and a Grand Prix motor racing driver.- Early life and fast lifestyle :...
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Bruno d'Harcourt died at age 30 in Casablanca
Casablanca
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, Morocco
Morocco
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when his Bugatti
Bugatti
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crashed at the Anfa
Anfa
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racetrack while on a practice run for the 1930 Moroccan Grand Prix
Moroccan Grand Prix
The Moroccan Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor racing event begun in 1925 in Casablanca, Morocco with the official denomination of "Casablanca Grand Prix"....
. The day prior to the race, Harcourt took his Bugatti
Bugatti
Automobiles E. Bugatti was a French car manufacturer founded in 1909 in Molsheim, Alsace, as a manufacturer of high-performance automobiles by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti....
out for an early morning practice run on the road course and crashed when he ran off the first bend. Severely injured, he died a few days later in hospital.