Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona

Italian industrialist, politician, explorer, mountain climber and racing driver

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1871

Place of Birth: Migliarino, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 18-Nov-1927

Profession: businessperson, politician, diplomat, racing driver, mountaineer, racing automobile driver, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Prince Luigi Marcantonio Francesco Rodolfo Scipione Borghese, commonly known as Scipione Borghese (11 September 1871, Migliarino – 18 November 1927, Florence), was an Italian aristocrat, industrialist, politician, explorer, mountain climber and racing driver belonging to the House of Borghese. He is best known for participating in (and winning) the Peking to Paris race in 1907, accompanied by the journalist Luigi Barzini Sr.
and Ettore Guizardi, the prince's chauffeur, who apparently did most of the driving.
Nevertheless, before 1907 he had already become known internationally as a traveller, explorer, diplomat and mountain climber.
In 1900 he had finished a journey in Asia from Beirut to the Pacific Ocean.
His book In Asia: Siria, Eufrate, Babilonia (In Asia: Syria, Euphrates, Babylon), published in 1903 and which proved a success, describes his journey from Beirut to Basra and the head of the Persian Gulf.
Subsequently he also completed a journey across China, recounted in another book. Tall and abstemious, he was a man of few words, cold, with calm and measured manners, and with great self-control.
He was a deputy of the Partito Radicale in the Italian parliament of 1904 to 1913, fought bravely in the First World War, and began important improvement works in the "Agro Romano".