Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz
Infanta Pilar | |||||
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Kingdom of Spain | |||||
Burial | , Madrid | ||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Doña Simoneta Gómez-Acebo y Borbón Don Juan Gómez-Acebo y Borbón, 3rd Viscount of La Torre Don Bruno Gómez-Acebo y Borbón Don Luis Gómez-Acebo y Borbón Don Fernando Gómez-Acebo y Borbón | ||||
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House | Bourbon | ||||
Father | Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona | ||||
Mother | Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz and Viscountess of La Torre (
Early life
Infanta Pilar was the firstborn daughter of
When she was an infant, the family moved to
Her family attempted to marry her to
At the wedding of her brother
Marriage and family
Pilar needed to renounce her rights of succession to the Spanish throne to marry a commoner as stipulated by the Pragmatic Sanction of Charles III on marriages of members of the royal family.[10]
She married
- Doña María de Fátima Simoneta Luisa Gómez-Acebo y Borbón (31 October 1968)
- Don Juan Filiberto Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y Borbón, later 3rd Viscount of La Torre (6 December 1969)
- Don Bruno Alejandro Gómez-Acebo y Borbón (15 June 1971)
- Don Luis Beltrán Ataúlfo Alfonso Gómez-Acebo y Borbón (20 May 1973)
- Don Fernando Humberto Gómez-Acebo y Borbón (30 September 1974 - 1 March 2024)
Her husband died of
Equestrian sport
Pilar de Borbón had been supporting international equestrian sport. She was President of the
From 1996 to 2006 she was a member of the International Olympic Committee for Spain, when she became an honorary member, and Member of the Executive Board of the Spanish Olympic Committee.[16]
Philanthropic and other activities
Pilar de Borbón was one of the founders of Asociación Nuevo Futuro ("New Future Association") in 1968, an international child support organization,[17] and was its president and then president of honor.[18] Until her death, she was one of the leaders and supporters of the Rastrillo Nuevo Futuro event, which provided part of the income that financed Asociación. The event even received the visit of the Queens of Spain, Letizia and Sofia. Rastrillo has always been a place of meeting, solidarity and enjoyment for her, wrote ¡Hola! magazine in January 2019. Her last public appearance was in "Rastrillo" on 23 November 2019.[19]
Pilar de Borbón was also a member of the board of directors of the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute in New York City, president of the World Monuments Fund España and, from 2007 to 2009, president of Europa Nostra, the European Federation for the Defense of Cultural Heritage.[20][21] She was also a music fan and accompanied her brother, King Juan Carlos of Spain, and nephews to bullfighting matches.[22][23]
Financial holdings
Illness and death
Pilar was operated for an intestinal obstruction on 2 February 2019 in
She was cremated on 9 January 2020 and her ashes were buried alongside her husband in
Honours
National
- Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III[39]
- Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa
- Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sports Merit[40]
Foreign
- Greek Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia[41]
- Two Sicilian Royal Family (Hispano-Neapolitan branch): Dame Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George[42]
- Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Henry[43][44]
Ancestors
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References
- Spanish names.
- ^ Spain’s Infanta Pilar has died
- ^ LOS INFANTES DE ESPAÑA TRAS LA DEROGACIÓN DE LA LEY SÁLICA (1830) (in Spanish)
- ^ Infanta Pilar de Borbón y Borbón (in Spanish)
- ^ Abdicación de Alfonso XIII, 15 de enero de 1941 (in Spanish)
- ^ Pilar de Borbón, la infanta nacida en el exilio al poco de estallar la Guerra Civil (in Spanish)
- ^ Por amor a Balduino (in Spanish)
- ^ OPINIÓN0 Sin proponérselo, Fabiola le quitó el novio a la Infanta Pilar, hermana del rey Juan Carlos Archived 12 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Juan Carlos y Sofía son ya marido y mujer (in Spanish)
- ^ La infanta Pilar, la mujer que renunció a sus derechos dinásticos por amor: su vida, en imágenes (in Spanish)
- ^ de Obregón, Antonio (9 August 2019). "Boda de S.A.R. la Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón con Don Luis Gómez-Acebo en el Monasterio de los Jerónimos de Belem". ABC (in Spanish). p. 41. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ Luis Gómez-Acebo, el motor de una familia que se quedó huérfana muy pronto (in Spanish)
- ^ "Luis Gómez-Acebo, duque de Badajoz, fallece en Madrid a los 57 años". El País. 10 March 1991.
- ^ "FEI Presidents since 1921". Fei.org. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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- ^ "HRH the Infanta Doña Pilar de BORBÓN". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ ¿Qué es Nuevo Futuro y cuáles son sus hogares? (in Spanish)
- ^ Junta directiva (in Spanish)
- ^ La Infanta Doña Pilar vuelve al Rastrillo Nuevo Futuro arropada por sus hijos (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere la infanta Pilar, hermana mayor del rey Juan Carlos (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere la Infanta Pilar de Borbón, hermana mayor de Don Juan Carlos, a los 83 años (in Spanish)
- ^ Con su sobrina la Infanta Elena disfrutando de una tarde de toros (in Spanish)
- ^ Pilar de Borbón y el Rey Juan Carlos: una relación más allá de la fraternidad (in Spanish)
- ^ (3 April 2016) The Power Players, Juan Carlos I of Spain - Pilar de Borbón The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, retrieved 5 April 2016
- ^ "The Power Players: Pilar de Borbón". ICIJ. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Segovia, Carlos (3 April 2016). "Pilar de Borbón mantuvo 40 años una sociedad en Panamá". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Pilar de Borbón admite ser titular de una sociedad opaca en Panamá (in Spanish)
- ^ La infanta Pilar reconoce la sociedad en Panamá, pero dice que nunca evadió (in Spanish)
- ^ Alcázar, Mariángel (4 February 2019). "La infanta Pilar, operada de urgencia por un problema intestinal" (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- Prisa. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ "La infanta Pilar de Borbón confirma que padece cáncer". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 29 May 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- El Periódico(in Spanish). Grupo Zeta. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- Unidad Editorial Información General, S.L.U. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ Hurtado, Alexandra (8 January 2020). "Spanish Royal Family members say goodbye to Princess before her death". Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ Pilar de Borbón rompe los hábitos de la familia del Rey y fue incinerada (in Spanish)
- ^ Sin pompa ni oropeles: el atípico funeral de la infanta Pilar de Borbón (in Spanish)
- ^ Funeral de infanta para Pilar de Borbón (in Spanish)
- ^ Los Reyes y las infantas, juntos por el funeral de Pilar de Borbón (in Spanish)
- ^ "Boletín Oficial del Estado" (PDF). Boe.es. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ (in Spanish) Royal Decree 1297/2002 Infanta Pilar of Spain member of the Royal Order of the Sports Merit.) Boe.es
- ^ Fallece S.A.R. la Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón y Borbón (in Spanish)
- ^ Membership of the Constantinian Order Archived 5 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Portugal Archived 17 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Casa de Su Majestad el Rey de España : Actividades y Agenda : Cena de Gala ofrecida por Sus Majestades los Reyes en honor de SS.EE. el Presidente de la República de Portugal y Sra. de Cavaco Silva". Casareal.es. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
External links
- Media related to Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz at Wikimedia Commons