Personal Life
Jagger is known for his many high-profile relationships. He has been married twice and has had numerous romantic connections.
In 1970, Mick Jagger purchased Stargroves at East Woodhay in Hampshire as his country estate. It was often used as a recording venue.
In the same year, he began a relationship with Nicaraguan-born Bianca De Macias, whom he married on 12 May 1971, in a Catholic ceremony in Saint-Tropez, France. The couple separated in 1977 and in May 1978, she filed for divorce on the grounds of his adultery. Bianca later said "My marriage ended on my wedding day."
In late 1977, he began seeing model Jerry Hall, while still married to Bianca. After a lengthy cohabitation and several children together, the couple married on 21 November 1990, in a Hindu beach ceremony in Indonesia and moved together to Downe House in Richmond, Surrey. Jagger later contested the validity of the ceremony, and the marriage was annulled in August 1999.
Jagger has also been romantically linked to other women: Linda Ronstadt, Marianne Faithfull, Carly Simon, Margaret Trudeau, Mackenzie Phillips, Chrissie Shrimpton, Anita Pallenberg, Marsha Hunt, Pamela Des Barres, Uschi Obermaier, Bebe Buell, Janice Dickinson, Carla Bruni, Sophie Dahl and Angelina Jolie, among others.
In the December 1983 issue of The Face, Jagger admitted to having some homosexual encounters, including a sexual relationship with fellow musician David Bowie.
Jagger has seven children with four women:
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- With Marsha Hunt, he has daughter Karis Jagger Hunt (born 4 November 1970).
- With Bianca De Macias, he has daughter Jade Sheena Jezebel Jagger (born 21 October 1971).
- With Jerry Hall he has daughter Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger (born 2 March 1984), son James Leroy Augustin Jagger (born 28 August 1985), daughter Georgia May Ayeesha Jagger (born 12 January 1992) and son Gabriel Luke Beauregard Jagger (born 9 December 1997)
- With Luciana Gimenez, he has son Lucas Maurice Morad Jagger (born 18 May 1999).
He also has four grandchildren.
His father, Joe, died of pneumonia on Saturday, 11 November 2006, at the age of 93. Although the Rolling Stones were on the A Bigger Bang Tour, Jagger flew to Britain on Friday to see his father before returning to Las Vegas the same day, where he was to perform on Saturday night. The show went ahead as scheduled.
In 2008, it was revealed that members of the Hells Angels had plotted to murder Jagger in 1975. They were angered by Jagger's public blaming of the Hells Angels, who had been hired to provide security at the Altamont Free Concert in December 1969, for much of the crowd violence at the event. The conspirators reportedly used a boat to approach a residence where Jagger was staying on Long Island, New York; the plot failed when the boat was nearly sunk by a storm.
Jagger is an avid cricket fan. He founded Jagged Internetworks so he could get coverage of English cricket.
His personal fortune was estimated in 2010, at £190 million (~$298 million US).
He said in September 2010 that he has a daily meditation and Buddhist practice.
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