Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz

Infanta Pilar of Spain
Duchess of Badajoz Viscountess of La Torre
Pilar de Borbón in 2017
Born	(1936-07-30)30 July 1936 Ville Saint Blaise, Cannes, French Third Republic
Died	8 January 2020(2020-01-08) (aged 83) Ruber International Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Spouse	Luis Gómez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, 2nd Viscount of La Torre (m 5 May 1967)
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
Full name
María del Pilar Alfonsa Juana Victoria Luisa Ignacia y Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón
House	Bourbons of Spain
Father	Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona
Mother	Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Burial	Saint Isidore Cemetery, Madrid
Religion	Roman Catholic

Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz and Viscountess of La Torre (María del Pilar Alfonsa Juana Victoria Luisa Ignacia y Todos los Santos; 30 July 1936 – 8 January 2020) sometimes known simply as Pilar de Borbón, was the elder daughter of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess María Mercedes of the Two Sicilies, and older sister of King Juan Carlos I.

Marriage

on 5 May 1967 in Lisbon, Portugal she married Don Luis Gómez-Acebo y Duke of Estrada, Viscount of la Torre, Grandee of Spain (23 December 1934 – 9 March 1991)

Issue

1. María de Fátima Simoneta Luisa Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (31 October 1968)
2. Juan Filiberto Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón, Viscount of la Torre (6 December 1969)
3. Bruno Alejandro Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (15 Juin 1971)
4. Luis Beltrán Ataúlfo Alfonso Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (20 May 1973)
5. Fernando Humberto Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (13 September 1974)

Honours

National

• Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
• Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa
• Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sports Merit

Foreign

• Greek Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia
• Two Sicilian Royal Family (Hispano-Neapolitan branch): Dame Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George

• Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Henry

Titles and styles

• 6 November 1987 - 5 May 1967 Her Royal Highness The Infanta Dona Pilar of Spain.
• 5 May 1967 - 23 June 1981 Her Royal Highness The Infanta Dona Pilar of Spain, Viscountess of la Torre.