Royal Profile:13 Facts about Doña María de Fátima Simoneta Luisa Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón

  1. Doña María de Fátima Simoneta Luisa Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón was born 31 October 1968, the eldest of five children of Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Grandee of Spain, Dowager Viscountess de la Torre and Don Luis Gómez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, ?th Viscount de la Torre, Grandee of Spain {Source}.
  2. She has four brothers{Source}:
    1. Don Juan Filiberto Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón, The Viscount de la Torre (1969)
    2. Don Bruno Alejandro Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (1971)
    3. Don Luis Beltrán Ataúlfo Alfonso Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (1973)
    4. Don Fernando Humberto Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (1974)
  3. Through her brothers, she has the following current and former sisters-in-law{Source}:
    1. Winston Holmes Carney (m. 2014)
    2. Bárbara Cano y de la Plaza (m. 2002)
    3. Laura Ponte y Martinez (m. 2004, div. 2011)
    4. Andrea Pascual Vicens (m. 2016)
    5. Mónica Martín Luque (m. 2004, div. 2013)
    6. Nadia Halamandari (m. 2016)
  4. She has the following nephews{Source}:
    1. Alejandro Juan Gómez-Acebo y Cano (2004)
    2. Guillermo Gómez-Acebo y Cano (2005)
    3. Luis Felipe Gómez-Acebo y Ponte (2005)
    4. Álvaro Gómez-Acebo y Cano (2011)
    5. Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y Carney (2013)
    6. Juan Gómez-Acebo y Pascual (2016) {Source}
    7. Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y Halamandari (2016)
  5. She has the following niece:
    1. Laura Gómez-Acebo y Ponte (2006)
  6. She married on 12 September 1990 to José Miguel Fernández y Sastrón, later Fernández-Sastrón{Source}.
  7. Together, they have three children, two sons and a daughter{Source}:
    1. Luis Juan Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo (1991)
    2. Pablo Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo (1995)
    3. María de las Mercedes Fernández-Sastrón y Gómez-Acebo (2000)
  8.  She and José were divorced in 2012{Source}
  9.  Little is known about Simoneta and her life as she is not considered a member of the Spanish Royal Family, in spite of being a first cousin to the current King of Spain
  10. . She shares a birthday with the future Queen of Spain, Infanta Doña Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz, Princess of Asturias, Princess of Girona, Princess of Viana, Duchess of Montblanc, Countess of Cervera and Lady of Balaguer, who is her 1st cousin 1x removed.
  11. Simoneta also shares a birthday with Princess Margretha, Mrs. Ambler.
  12. Her astrological sign is Scorpio.
  13. On her maternal side, her first cousins and their spouses are:
    1. The Infanta Elena of Spain, The Duchess of Lugo (1963)
    2. Infanta Cristina of Spain (1965)
      1. Iñaki Urdangarín
    3. King Felipe VI of Spain (1968)
      1. Queen Letizia of Spain (1972)
    4. Don Alfonso Juan Carlos Zurita y de Bourbon (1973)
    5. Doña Maria Sofia Emilia Carmen Zurita y de Bourbon (1975)

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