| Royal styles of Infanta Pilar of Spain |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
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| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
| Infanta Pilar | |
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| Duchess of Bajadoz; Viscountess de la Torre | |
| Spouse | Luis Gomez-Acebo y de Estrada |
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| Simoneta Luisa Gomez-Acebo y de Borbón Juan Filiberto Nicolás Gomez-Acebo y de Borbón Bruno Alejandro Gomez-Acebo y de Borbón Luis Alfonso Gomez-Acebo y de Borbón Fernando Umberto Gomez-Acebo y de Borbón |
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| Full name | |
| María del Pilar Alfonsa Juana Victoria Luisa Ignacia | |
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| HRH The Duchess of Bajadoz HRH Infanta Pilar of Spain |
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| Royal house | House of Bourbon |
| Father | Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona |
| Mother | Princess Maria Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
| Born | 30 July 1936 Cannes, France |
The Infanta Pilar of Spain, 1st Duchess of Badajoz Grandee of Spain (María del Pilar Alfonsa Juana Victoria Luisa Ignacia y Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias) (born Cannes, 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.
Pilar married Don Luis Gómez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, ?th Viscount de la Torre, 1st Duke Consort of Badajoz Grandee of Spain (Madrid, 23 December 1934 - Madrid, 9 March 1991) on 6 May 1967 in Lisbon, Portugal. 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 (ca. 1903 - ?). His father was a son of the 3rd Marquesses de Cortina and an uncle of Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela. They had five children:
Pilar renounced her right of succession upon marriage, but her renunciation took place before the adoption of the Spanish Constitution and was not ratified by the Cortes.
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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. She was member of the International Olympic Committee for Spain 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 of the Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa in 16 April 1936.
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.
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