Donna Paola Margherita Maria-Antonia Consiglia Ruffo di Calabria[1] (1937-09-11) 11 September 1937 (age 86) Villa Claudia, Forte dei Marmi, Italy
Spouse
Albert II of Belgium
(m. 1959)
Issue
Philippe, King of the Belgians
Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este
Prince Laurent
House
Ruffo di Calabria
Father
Fulco, Prince Ruffo di Calabria
Mother
Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana
Religion
Catholicism
Belgian royal family
The King The Queen
The Duchess of Brabant
Prince Gabriel
Prince Emmanuel
Princess Eléonore
King Albert II Queen Paola
Princess Astrid Prince Lorenz
Prince Amedeo Princess Elisabetta
Princess Maria Laura
Prince Joachim
Princess Luisa Maria
Princess Laetitia Maria
Prince Laurent Princess Claire
Princess Louise
Prince Nicolas
Prince Aymeric
Princess Delphine
Princess Joséphine
Prince Oscar
Princess Léa
Princess Marie-Christine, Mrs Gourges
Princess Marie-Esméralda, Lady Moncada
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Paola (née Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria;[2] born 11 September 1937) is a member of the Belgian royal family who was Queen of the Belgians during the reign of her husband, King Albert II, from 9 August 1993 to 21 July 2013.
^Guiot, Stéphane (20 April 2001). "Titres Royaux en Belgique" [Royal Titles in Belgium]. City of Brussels. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023. ... et de son épouse Sa Majesté la Reine Paola Margherita Maria-Antonia Consiglia des Princes Ruffo di Calabria, Princesse de Belgique, Grand Cordon de l'Ordre de Léopold, domiciliés à Bruxelles, ...
^Although The Belgian Monarchy website attributes the title of "Princess" to Queen Paola prior to marriage, Burke's Peerage 1973, The Descendants of Louis XIII 1999, Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels 2001, La Descendance de Marie-Thérèse de Habsburg 1996, and Le Petit Gotha 2002 among others, accord only the noble prefix of Donna to her and her sisters, reserving the title Principessa for the wife of the head of the family
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