What is Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz?
[[File:Pilar de Borbón.jpg|thumb|200px|Infanta Pilar]] '''Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz, Dowager Viscountess of la Torre''' (''María del Pilar Alfonsa Juana Victoria Luisa Ignacia y Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias''; 30 July 1936 – 8 January 2020), sometimes known more simply as '''Pilar de Borbón''', was a member of the [[Spanish royal family]]. She was oldest child of [[Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona]] and [[Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies|Princess María Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]]. She was the older sister of King [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]], [[Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria|Infanta Margarita]] and [[Infante Alfonso of Spain|Infante Alfonso]]. Infanta Pilar supported the sport of [[equestrianism]]. She served as the president of the [[International Federation for Equestrian Sports]] from 1994 to 2006. From 1996 to 2006, she was a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] for Spain. Infanta Pilar was born in the French city of [[Cannes]]. She lived most of her early years in [[exile]] from Spain. King [[Alfonso XIII]], her grandfather, had been forced to flee with his family before she was born. On 8 January 2020, Infanta Pilar died of [[colon cancer]] in [[Madrid]]. She was 83.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/breaking-spains-infanta-pilar-has-died-135918/|title=Spain's Infanta Pilar has died|work=Royal Central|first=Lydia|last=Starbuck|date=8 January 2020|access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pilar, Infanta}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:House of Bourbon]] [[Category:People from Cannes]] [[Category:Spanish infantes and infantas]] [[Category:International Olympic Committee]] {{Bio-stub}}