Queen Paola of Belgium

Paola (born Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria;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 born 11 September 1937) is a member of the Belgian royal family. She was Queen of the Belgians from 1993 to 2013. She is the wife of the King Albert II.

 Titles and Styles 
11 September 1937-2 July 1959: Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria

2 July 1959-9 August 1993: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Liege 

9 August 1993-21 July 2013: Her Majesty The Queen of the Belgians 

21 July 2013-present: Her Majesty Queen Paola of Belgium 

References

Other websites

Biography on the official Belgian monarchy web site

Category:1937 births
Category:Living people
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Category:House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Category:Recipients of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands
Category:Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands
Category:Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
Category:Belgian Roman Catholics
Category:Italian Roman Catholics