Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz

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Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz

The Infanta Pilar of Spain, 1st Duchess of Badajoz
Badajoz

Badajoz - , the capital of the Spain provinces of Spain of Badajoz in the autonomous communities of Spain of Extremadura, is situated close to the Portugal border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid-Lisbon railway....
Grandee of Spain (María del Pilar Alfonsa Juana Victoria Luisa Ignacia y Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias) (born Cannes

Cannes

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, 30 July 1936) is the elder daughter of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and older sister of current reigning King Juan Carlos of Spain. She has also a younger sister, Infanta Margarita of Spain

Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria

The Infanta Margarita of Spain, 1st Duchess of Soria, 2nd Duchess of Hernani, Spain, Grandee of Spain , is the younger daughter of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and younger sister of current reigning King Juan Carlos of Spain and of Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz....
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Pilar married Don Luis Gómez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, ?th Viscount de la Torre, 1st Duke Consort of Badajoz

Badajoz

Badajoz - , the capital of the Spain provinces of Spain of Badajoz in the autonomous communities of Spain of Extremadura, is situated close to the Portugal border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid-Lisbon railway....
Grandee of Spain (Madrid

Madrid

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, 23 December 1934 - Madrid

Madrid

Lisbon

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, Portugal

Portugal

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. He was a son, the fourth of six children, of Jaime Gómez-Acebo y Modet (ca. 1900 - ?) and wife (m. 1927) Isabel Duque de Estrada y Vereterra, 9st Marchioness de Deleitosa

Deleitosa

Deleitosa is a municipality located in the C?ceres , Extremadura, Spain. According to the 2005 census , the municipality has a population of 833 inhabitants....
(ca. 1903 - ?). His father was a son of the 3rd Marquesses de Cortina and an uncle of Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela

Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela

Do?a Margarita G?mez-Acebo y Cejuela, born on January 6, 1935 in Madrid, Spain, is the consort of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria, whom she married after his exile....
. They had five children:

María de la Fatima Simonetta Luisa Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (b. Madrid
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, 28 October/31 October 1968). She married in Palma de Mallorca
Palma de Mallorca

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on 12 September 1990 Jose Miguel Fernández y Sastrón, luego Fernández-Sastrón (b. Madrid
Madrid

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, 14 June 1959), son of Jorge Fernández y Menéndez and wife Eloisa Sastrón y Herrera, and they have two sons and one daughter:

Luis Juan Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo (b. Madrid
Madrid

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, 23 September 1991)
Pablo Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo (b. Madrid
Madrid

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, 4 May 1995)
María de las Mercedes Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo (b. Madrid
Madrid

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, 17 January 2000)

Juan Filiberto Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (b. Madrid
Madrid

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, 6 December 1969), ?th Viscount de la Torre, unmarried and without issue
Bruno Alejandro Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (b. Madrid
Madrid

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, 15 June 1971), married in Madrid
Madrid

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at the Church of la Incarnación on 5 October 2002 Bárbara Cano y de la Plaza and they have two sons:

Alejandro Juan Gómez-Acebo y Cano (b. Madrid
Madrid

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, 5 November 2004)
Guillermo Gómez-Acebo y Cano (b. Madrid
Madrid

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, 23 November 2005)

Luis Beltrán Ataulfo Alfonso Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (b. Madrid
Madrid

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, 20 May 1973), married at La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia
Segovia

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, on 18 September 2004 model
Model (person)

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Laura Ponte
Laura Ponte

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y Martínez, and they have a son and a daughter:

Luis Felipe Gómez-Acebo y Ponte (b. Madrid
Madrid

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, 1 July 2005)
Laura Gómez-Acebo y Ponte (b. Madrid
Madrid

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, 1 July 2006)

Fernando Umberto Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (b. Madrid
Madrid

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, 30 September 1974), married in Madrid
Madrid

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on 27 November 2004 Monica Fernán Luque, without issue

Pilar renounced her right of succession upon marriage, but her renunciation took place before the adoption of the Spanish Constitution

Spanish Constitution of 1978

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and was not ratified by the Cortes

Line of succession to the Spanish Throne

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She was President of the International Equestrian Federation from 1994 to 2005, when she was replaced by Princess Haya bint Hussein

Haya bint Hussein

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. She was member of the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

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for Spain

Spain

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from 1996 to 2006, when she became an honorary member, and Member of the Executive Board of the Spanish Olympic Committee.

The Infanta is fluent in English, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

She is the 1,191st Dame

Dame

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of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa in 16 April 1936.

Footnotes

¹Infanta Pilar's actual given name is María del Pilar; however, due to the high number of women in Spain named María, as is the convention, she uses the name Pilar. For more information, see Spanish names.

Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz

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