Her Majesty Fabiola, Queen-Dowager of the Belgians (Fabiola Wettin, née Doña Fabiola Fernanda María de las Victorias Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón) is the widow of Baudouin I. Wettin is a German royal dynasty a city in Saxony-Anhalt This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Baudouin of Belgium King Baudouin, (also spelled Boudewijn, Balduin or Baldwin) Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustave, (7 September 1930 - 31 July 1993), reigned as King of the Belgians from 1951 to 1993. ...

She was born at Madrid, Spain on June 11, 1928, the third daughter of Don Gonzalo Mora Fernández Riera del Olmo, Marquis of Casa Riera, Count of Mora (1887-1957), and his wife, Doña Blanca de Aragon y Carrillo de Albornoz Barroeta-Aldamar y Elio (1892-). She was the sister of Count Jaime de Mora y Aragón, a Spanish actor and playboy. Coat of arms The Plaza de España square Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25′ N 3°45′ W. Population of the city of Madrid proper was 3,093,000 (Madrilenes, madrileños) as of 2003 estimates. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... Marquis has many different meanings: Don Marquis was a writer, poet, and journalist. ...

Doña Fabiola married King Baudouin in Laeken, Belgium, on December 15, 1960. At the ceremony she wore a 1926 Art Deco tiara that had been a gift of the Belgian Empire to her husband's mother, Princess Astrid of Sweden, upon her marriage to King Leopold III of the Belgians. Time magazine, in its September 26, 1960 issue, called Doña Fabiola, who was a hospital nurse at the time of her engagement, "Cinderella Girl" and described her as "an attractive young woman, though no raving beauty" and "the girl who could not catch a man." Laeken (French: Laeken, Dutch: Laken) is a residential suburb in north-east Brussels, Belgium. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Asheville City Hall. ... Beauty pageant tiara A tiara (from Persian تاره tara borrowed by Latin as tiara) is a form of crown. ... Queen Astrid Astrid of Sweden, Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra (November 17, 1905 _ August 29, 1935) was the Queen consort of King Leopold III of the Belgians. ... Leopold III, Leopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel (November 3, 1901 - September 25, 1983) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of his Heir Apparent, his son Baudouin. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Notable Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ...

The royal couple had no children, as the queen's several pregnancies ended in miscarriage. There are reports, however, that she had a stillborn child in the mid 1960s.

The king died in 1993 and was succeeded by his younger brother, the Prince of Liège, who became King Albert II of the Belgians. Queen Fabiola became the Queen-Dowager. Became King: August 9, 1993 Predecessor: Baudouin Date of Birth: June 6, 1934 Place of Birth: Brussels, Belgium Heir-Apparent: The Duke of Brabant His Majesty King Albert II (Albert Félix Humbert Théodore Christian Eugène Marie Wettin), styled HM The King (born June 6, 1934), is the...

Admired for her devout Catholicism and involvement in social causes, particularly those related to mental health, children's issues, and women's issues in the Third World, Queen Fabiola is a recipient of the 2001 Ceres Medal, in recognition of her work to promote rural women in developing countries, from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The queen also has written children's stories. For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ...

Guido Derom, an explorer, named a newly discovered range of Antarctic mountains in her honor in 1961. She also has several varieties of ornamental plants named after her. 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i. ...