The wife of King Baudouin I of the Belgians (1930-1993), Doña Fabiola Fernanda María de las Victorias Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón 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 Jaime de Mora y Aragón, a Spanish actor and playboy.
The queen is a former nurse, a writer of children's stories, and a prominent supporter of social causes around the world. Guido Derom, an explorer, named a newly discovered range of Antarctic mountains in her honor in 1961.
In early June 1968, President Mobutu and his family were received as houseguests of the Belgian king and queen, the first such visit by statesmen from the new nation since 1960.
The two governments signed a convention for scientific and technical cooperation on August 23, 1968, and the minister of state for foreign affairs and foreign trade announced the release of certain Belgian funds that had been blocked in the Congo since 1960.
During a return visit by King Baudouin and QueenFabiola in June 1970, a treaty of friendship was signed.
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