María de las Mercedes de Zornoza y Ponce de León passed away on 17 March 2020 in Madrid, Spain.
The Princess was born in Madrid, Spain, on 2 August 1942. She was the daughter of Don José de Zornoza and Doña María de los Dolores Ponce de León y Puicercus. On 10 March 1968, she married H.R.H. Prince Jorge Bagration y Pasquini, Head of the Royal House of Georgia, in Nice, France. He had resided in Spain since childhood.
Doña María de las Mercedes de Zornoza y Ponce de León was the mother of Their Royal Highnesses María, Irakli, and Davit of Mukhrani and Georgia.
A funeral Mass for the repose of her soul would be celebrated according to the Orthodox rite as soon as the emergency conditions in Georgia and Spain had ended, reflecting the faith she professed.