Duchess of Badajoz explained

Dukedom of Badajoz
Creation Date:17 April 1967
Creation:First
Peerage:Peerage of Spain
First Holder:Infanta Pilar
Last Holder:Infanta Pilar
Status:Reverted to the Crown
Extinction Date:8 January 2020[1]

Duchess of Badajoz, named after the city of Badajoz in Extremadura, was a substantive title. It was created on 17 April 1967 by King Juan Carlos I, for his sister, the Infanta Pilar, on the occasion of her marriage to Luis Gómez-Acebo in 1967.[2] [3] It does not include any territorial landholdings and does not produce any revenue for the title-holder.[4] [5]

Duchess of Badajoz

First creation, 1967-2020

| Infanta Pilar
House of Bourbon
1967–2020| | 30 July 1936
Ville Saint Blaise, Cannes, France
daughter of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies| Luis Gómez-Acebo
5 May 1967
| 8 January 2020
Ruber International Hospital, Madrid, Spain
aged 83|-|}

Notes and References

  1. News: ¿Qué pasa ahora con el título de duquesa de Badajoz de la infanta Pilar?. 10 June 2023. 10 January 2020. Tiburcio. Nuria. vanitatis.elconfidencial.com.
  2. Web site: Decreto 758/1967, de 13 de abril, por el que se concede a S. A. Doña María del Pilar de Borbón y de Borbón, con carácter vitalicio, la facultad de usar en España el titulo de Duque de Badajoz.. 17 June 2021. 17 April 1967. Boletín Oficial del Estado.
  3. News: Aniversario de la boda de doña Pilar, que se casó con quien quiso y no con quien le tenían designado. 10 June 2023. 5 May 2020. Barrientos. Paloma. vanitatis.elconfidencial.com.
  4. News: ¿Qué pasa ahora con el ducado de Badajoz que ostentaba Doña Pilar?. 10 June 2023. 8 January 2020. Rey Cabieses. Amadeo Martín. larazon.es.
  5. News: El Ducado de Badajoz. 10 June 2023. 12 January 2020. Orantos Martín. Rodolfo. hoy.es.