Bruno, Count of Harcourt
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Marie Hervé Jean Bruno d'Harcourt, Count of Harcourt (20 September 1899 – 19 April 1930) was a member of the French nobility and a Grand Prix motor racing driver.
Comte Bruno d'Harcourt was born in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland, 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, Princesse de France, daughter of Jean d'Orléans, Duc de Guise and Isabelle d'Orléans.
Children:
- Bernard d'Harcourt, Comte d'Harcourt (1925–1958)
- Gilone d'Harcourt (born 1927)
- Isabelle d'Harcourt (1927–1993)
- Monique d'Harcourt (born 1929)
Bruno d'Harcourt took up automobile racing where he met the celebrated female driver, Hellé Nice.
Bruno d'Harcourt died at age 30 in Casablanca, Morocco when his Bugatti crashed at the Anfa racetrack while on a practice run for the 1930 Moroccan Grand Prix. The day prior to the race, Harcourt took his 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.
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