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

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}. She has four brothers,several current and former sisters-in-law, and several nieces and nephews{Source}:

1. Don Juan Filiberto Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón, The Viscount de la Torre (1969)
1. Winston Holmes Carney (m. 2014)
1. Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y Carney (2013)
2. Don Bruno Alejandro Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (1971)
1. Bárbara Cano y de la Plaza (m. 2002)
1. Alejandro Juan Gómez-Acebo y Cano (2004)
2. Guillermo Gómez-Acebo y Cano (2005)
3. Álvaro Gómez-Acebo y Cano (2011)
3. Don Luis Beltrán Ataúlfo Alfonso Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (1973)
1. Laura Ponte y Martinez (m. 2004, div. 2011)
1. Luis Felipe Gómez-Acebo y Ponte (2005)
2. Laura Gómez-Acebo y Ponte (2006)
2. Andrea Pascua Vicens (m. 2016)
1. Juan Gómez-Acebo y Pascua (2016) {Source}
4. Don Fernando Humberto Gómez-Acebo y de Borbón (1974)
1. Mónica Martín Luque (m. 2004, div. 2013)
2. Nadia Halamandari (m. 2016)
1. Nicolás Gómez-Acebo y Halamandari (2016)

She married on 12 September 1990 to José Miguel Fernández y Sastrón, later Fernández-Sastrón{Source}. 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) 

She and José were divorced in 2012{Source}


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. 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. Simoneta also shares a birthday with Princess Margretha, Mrs. Ambler.