Pilar Primo de Rivera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish countess
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Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
About Pilar Primo de Rivera
- MarÃa del Pilar Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Countess of the Castle of La Mota (November 4, 1907 – March 17, 1991) was the sister of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, a political movement of Spain, and the daughter of Spanish dictator General Miguel Primo de Rivera, 2nd Marquis of Estella.
- She was an enthusiastic member of the Falange, heading its Sección Femenina ("Women's Section").
- Unlike two of her brothers (both put to death by the Republicans), she survived the Spanish Civil War, during which she met Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Antonio Salazar.
- She attempted to prevent reprisals being taken against the widows of Republican militants, and supported the ascent of King Juan Carlos I in 1975, but was disappointed when the paternalist system – the Spanish State – was dismantled during the Spanish transition to democracy.
- Pilar became president of the Association of Sección Femenina Veterans in November 1977, and held the post until her death.
- The main seat of the association was at the Castle of La Mota. In addition to her political duties, Pilar carried out a good deal of work compiling numerous different forms of Spanish folklore, specially in the fields of regional music and dances.
- She never married.
- Francisco Franco's foreign minister, Ramón Serrano Súñer, and Ernesto Giménez Caballero, attempted to arrange a marriage between her and Hitler in order to create a fascist dynasty, but this plan never came to fruition.
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