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{{Short description|Queen of the Belgians from 1960 to 1993}}
{{family name hatnote|Mora|Aragón|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox royalty
| consort      = yes
| name         = Fabiola de Mora y Aragón
| succession   = [[Queen consort of the Belgians]]
| image        = Fabiola, queen of Belgium.jpg
| caption      = Fabiola in 1960
| reign        = 15 December 1960 – 31 July 1993
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Baudouin of Belgium]]|15 December 1960|31 July 1993|end=d.}}
| father       = Gonzalo de Mora y Fernández y Riera y del Olmo, 4th Marquis of Casa Riera
| mother       = Blanca de Aragón y Carrillo de Albornoz y Barroeta-Aldamar y Elío
| birth_name   = [[Doña]] Fabiola Fernanda María-de-las-Victorias Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1928|6|11|df=y}}
| birth_place  = Zurbano Palace, [[Madrid]], [[Restoration Spain|Kingdom of Spain]]<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite journal| url=http://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_belga/2014120575535/biografia-fabiola-de-belgica/| title=Del palacio Zurbano de Madrid a ser reina de los Belgas| journal=[[¡Hola!]]| date=5 December 2014| access-date=26 June 2015| trans-title=Madrid Zurbano Palace resident became queen of the Belgians| archive-date=6 May 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506035451/http://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_belga/2014120575535/biografia-fabiola-de-belgica/| url-status=dead}}</ref>
| death_date   = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|12|5|1928|6|11}}
| death_place  = [[Château of Stuyvenberg]], [[Laeken]], [[Brussels]], [[Kingdom of Belgium]]
| burial_date  = 12 December 2014
| burial_place = [[Church of Our Lady of Laeken]]
| signature    = Signature of Fabiola of Belgium.svg
}}

'''Fabiola Fernanda María-de-las-Victorias Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón''' (11 June 1928 – 5 December 2014) was [[List of Belgian consorts|Queen of the Belgians]] as the wife of [[King Baudouin]] from their marriage in 1960 until his death in 1993. The couple had no children, as all five of Fabiola's pregnancies resulted in miscarriage, so the Crown passed to her husband's younger brother, [[Albert II of Belgium|King Albert II]].

==Early life==
[[File:Palacio de Zurbano 01.jpg|thumb|left|Palace of Zurbano, where Queen Fabiola was born]]
Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón was born on 11 June 1928 in [[Madrid]], Spain, at the {{ill|Palacio de Zurbano|es}}, the main residence of the [[Marquis|Marqués]] de Casa Riera.<ref name=autogenerated2/> She was the daughter of Don Gonzalo de Mora y Fernández y Riera y del Olmo, 4th [[Marquis]] of Casa Riera, 2nd [[Count]] of [[Mora, Spain|Mora]] (1887–1957), and his wife, Doña Blanca de Aragón y Carrillo de Albornoz y Barroeta-Aldamar y Elío (1892–1981), the daughter of the 6th Marchioness of Casa Torres<ref>{{cite web|trans-title=Ancestry of Fabiola de Mora y Aragon 1928 — 2014| title=Ascendientes de Fabiola de Mora y Aragon *1928 †2014| url=http://geneall.net/es/ancestors/7003/fabiola-de-mora-y-aragon/| publisher=GeneAll| access-date=26 June 2015| language=es}}</ref> and [[:es:Vizcondado de Baiguer|Viscountess of Baiguer]].<ref name="Telegraph Obituary">{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11276728/Queen-Fabiola-of-the-Belgians-obituary.html | title=Queen Fabiola of the Belgians – obituary| work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| location=[[London]] |date=5 December 2014| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> Her godmother was [[Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg|Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain]].<ref name="Telegraph Obituary"/>

Queen Fabiola was the fifth child and had six siblings.<ref name="Queen Fabiola"/> One of her siblings was [[Jaime de Mora y Aragón]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00003207&tree=LEO|title=Don Gonzalo de Mora y Fernandez|publisher=Genealogics| access-date=14 February 2023}}</ref>

She worked as a nurse in a hospital in [[Madrid]] and lived with her mother.<ref name="Queen Fabiola">{{cite web|url=https://www.monarchie.be/en/queen-fabiola-0|title=Queen Fabiola|work=The Belgian Monarchy Official Website}}</ref> Before her marriage, she published an album of 12 fairy tales (''Los doce cuentos maravillosos''), one of which ("The Indian Water Lilies") would get its own pavilion in the [[Efteling]] theme park in 1966.<ref name="efteling">{{cite web| title=De Indische waterlelies|trans-title=Indian water lilies| url=http://www.efteling.com/NL/sprookjesbos/Sprookjesbos-De-Indische-waterlelies.html| publisher=[[Efteling]]| access-date=26 June 2015| language=nl}}</ref>

==Marriage==
{{main|Wedding of Baudouin of Belgium and Fabiola de Mora y Aragón}}
[[File:Luncheon honoring King Baudouin I and Queen Fabiola of Belgium - NARA - 194630.tif|thumb|262px|Queen Fabiola with [[Baudouin of Belgium|King Baudouin]], [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Pat Nixon]] on 20 May 1969.]]
On 15 December 1960, Fabiola married [[Baudouin of Belgium|Baudouin]], who had been [[King of the Belgians]] since the abdication of his father, [[Leopold III of Belgium|Leopold III]], in 1951.<ref name="marriage1960">{{cite web| title=Belgium's dowager queen Fabiola dies aged 86|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30353761| work=[[BBC News]]| date=5 December 2014| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="britannicabaudouin">{{cite encyclopedia| title=Baudouin I| url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/56381/Baudouin-I| encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica Online]]| access-date=26 June 2015| date=11 June 2008| publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> At the marriage ceremony in the [[Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula]], she wore a 1926 [[Art Deco]] [[tiara]] that had been a gift of the Belgian state to her husband's mother, [[Astrid of Sweden]], upon her marriage to Leopold III. Her dress of satin and ermine was designed by the couturier [[Cristóbal Balenciaga]]. Fabiola was a hospital [[nurse]] at the time of her engagement; ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, in its 26 September 1960, issue, called Doña Fabiola the "Cinderella Girl" and described her as "an attractive young woman, though no raving beauty" and "the girl who could not catch a man."<ref name="time1960">{{cite magazine| title=Belgium: Cinderella Girl|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,897603,00.html | access-date=24 February 2022 | date=26 September 1960}}</ref> On the occasion of her marriage, Spanish bakers set out to honour Fabiola and created a type of bread, "la fabiola", which is still made in [[Palencia]].

The explorer [[Guido Derom]] named the [[Queen Fabiola Mountains]]—a newly discovered range of [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] [[mountain]]s—in her honour in 1961.<ref name="usgs">{{cite web| title=Antarctica Detail| url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:0::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:12250| archive-url=https://archive.today/20141205223149/http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:0::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:12250| url-status=dead| archive-date=5 December 2014| publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]| date=26 June 2015| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> She also has several varieties of [[ornamental plant]]s named after her.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All About Brodiaea |url=https://www.longfield-gardens.com/article/all-about-brodiaea/ |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=longfield-gardens.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Triteleia laxa 'Queen Fabiola' (Ithuriel's Spear) |url=https://www.gardenia.net/plant/triteleia-laxa-queen-fabiola |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=Gardenia |language=en-US}}</ref>

The royal couple had no children, as the Queen's five [[pregnancies]] ended in [[miscarriage]] in 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966 and 1968.<ref name="Telegraph Obituary"/> Fabiola openly spoke about her miscarriages in 2008: 'You know, I myself lost five children. You learn something from that experience. I had problems with all my pregnancies, but you know, in the end I think life is beautiful'.<ref>{{cite web| language=nl| url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?articleID=DMF21042008_144 |title=Koningin Fabiola had vijf miskramen |work=[[Het Nieuwsblad]] |date=21 April 2008 |access-date=26 June 2015 |trans-title=Queen Fabiola had five miscarriages |location=[[Groot-Bijgaarden]]}}</ref> She and Baudouin called the miscarriages a chance to be able to love all children.<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Belgium: De kinderloze koningin die kinderverhalen schreef |magazine=[[De Morgen]]|url=https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/de-kinderloze-koningin-die-kinderverhalen-schreef~ba12d355/| access-date=21 February 2022| date=5 December 2014|url-access=subscription }}</ref> She was deeply involved with the upbringing of [[Philippe of Belgium|Prince Philippe]] and [[Princess Astrid of Belgium|Princess Astrid]].<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Belgium: De ascetische koningin had ook humor|magazine=[[De Standaard]]|url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20141205_01414035| access-date=21 February 2022| date=5 December 2014|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

== Activities ==
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F033774-0003A, München, Staatsbesuch König von Belgien.jpg|thumb|262px|Queen Fabiola during her state visit in West Germany ([[Munich]], 1971)]]
After the death of [[Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians|Queen Elisabeth]], in November 1965, Queen Fabiola became the honorary president of the [[Queen Elisabeth Music Competition]]. Queen Fabiola attended the elimination rounds and the finals of each session.<ref name="Queen Fabiola"/>

During the 1990s, the Hospital Saint-Pierre in Brussels was important in matters around [[AIDS]]. Queen Fabiola visited them in 1993 and embraced a patient. She was one of the first royal and public figures to do this.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The great moments of Her Majesty Queen Fabiola|url = https://www.brusselslife.be/en/article/the-great-moments-of-her-majesty-queen-fabiola|website = www.brusselslife.be|date=11 December 2014|access-date = 21 February 2022}}</ref>

In September 1993, she became the president of the [[King Baudouin Foundation]], established in 1976 to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of [[Baudouin of Belgium|King Baudouin]]'s accession.<ref name="Queen Fabiola"/> The foundation's purpose is to improve the living conditions of the population.<ref name="Queen Fabiola"/>

Queen Fabiola also founded the Social Secretariat of the Queen with the purpose of answering many requests for help.<ref name="Queen Fabiola"/> She has supported study programmes aimed at the prevention and treatment of [[dyslexia]] among children.<ref name="Queen Fabiola"/>

She established the Queen Fabiola Fund for Mental Health. The foundation's purpose is to help people with mental problems.<ref name="Queen Fabiola"/> During her entire life, she devoted herself to causes such as young women prostitution, human slavery and people with disabilities. Queen Fabiola received several humanitarian awards in her lifetime and was awarded the Ceres Medal in 2001 by the [[UN Food and Agriculture Organization]].<ref name="Independent obit">{{Cite web |last=Maume |first=Chris |date=2014-12-08 |title=Queen Fabiola of Belgium: Spanish aristocrat headhunted to marry King |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/queen-fabiola-of-belgium-spanish-aristocrat-headhunted-to-marry-king-baudouin-of-belgium-to-whom-she-was-a-popular-consort-9911360.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

Every year, Queen Fabiola attended the Summit on Economic Progress of Rural Women at the [[Palais des Nations]] in [[Geneva]]. The purpose of the summit is to create a movement of [[first lady|first ladies]] to respond to the call for help from the deprived women in the [[Third World]].<ref name="Queen Fabiola"/>

==Queen dowager==
[[File:Reine Fabiola & Chev. Jacques Beruck.JPG|thumb|262px|Queen Fabiola with Chevalier Jacques Beruck during a visit to the [[Barcelona Cathedral]] in 2007]]
Baudouin died in late July 1993 and was succeeded by his younger brother, [[Albert II of Belgium|Albert II]]. Fabiola moved out of the [[Royal Castle of Laeken]] to the more modest [[Château of Stuyvenberg]] and reduced her public appearances so as not to overshadow her sister-in-law, [[Queen Paola of Belgium|Queen Paola]].<ref name="Independent obit"/>

Admired for her devout [[Catholic]] faith and involvement in social causes particularly those related to mental health, children's issues and women's issues,<ref name="admired">{{cite news|title=Queen Fabiola, Belgium's former queen, dies aged 86 |url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/141205/queen-fabiola-belgiums-former-queen-dies-aged-86 |work=[[GlobalPost]] |access-date=5 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206192831/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/141205/queen-fabiola-belgiums-former-queen-dies-aged-86 |archive-date=6 December 2014 }}</ref> Queen Fabiola received the 2001 [[Ceres Medal]], in recognition of her work to promote rural women in developing countries. The medal was given by the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] of the [[United Nations]] (FAO).<ref name="Independent obit"/> She was also honorary president of the King Baudouin Foundation.

In July 2009, the Belgian press published news of anonymous death threats she received stating she would be shot with a crossbow. She responded to the threats during [[Belgian National Day]] celebrations by waving an apple to the crowd in a reference to the [[William Tell]] folk tale.<ref name="Hello">{{cite journal |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/200907231701/queen-fabiola/national-day/death-threat-apple/1/ |title=Belgium's cool Queen Fabiola defies would-be assassins with jokey apple gesture |journal=[[Hello (magazine)|Hello!]] |date=23 July 2009 |access-date=13 January 2013 |archive-date=26 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726011156/http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/200907231701/queen-fabiola/national-day/death-threat-apple/1/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Subsequent threats by an individual said to have a similar signature to the July 2009 threat-writer were received again in January 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Belgian Queen receives wave of death threats |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/7900549/Belgian-Queen-receives-wave-of-death-threats.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=20 July 2010 |access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>

In January 2013, the Socialist [[Prime Minister of Belgium|Prime Minister]] [[Elio Di Rupo]] criticised Queen Fabiola for her plans to set up a private foundation (Fons Pereos), which would have been a tax-efficient way to pass wealth to her relatives as well as to charitable causes. It was widely seen by the public as inheritance [[tax evasion]] (although, since the construction was admitted by Di Rupo to be legal, it would more precisely be a case of [[tax avoidance]]).<ref name="Independent obit"/> Queen Fabiola denied the charges in a rare public statement: "I have never had the intention of depositing funds I received from the public purse with my foundation. All the monies that I receive from the civil list go on expenditure on my household. The lion's share goes on salaries."<ref name="Jazeera">{{cite news| url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/01/2013111135855714791.html| title=Belgium PM slams queen over inheritance plan| work=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]]| date=11 January 2013| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Tax">{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/9795969/Belgian-monarchy-rocked-by-Queen-Fabiola-tax-row.html|title=Belgian monarchy rocked by Queen Fabiola tax row| date=11 January 2013| work=The Daily Telegraph| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>

==Linguistic skills==
According to official sources, Queen Fabiola was fluent in [[French language|French]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]] and [[Italian language|Italian]], in addition to her native [[Spanish language|Spanish]].<ref name="Monarchy">{{cite web| url=http://www.monarchie.be/royal-family/queen-fabiola|title=Queen Fabiola 11/06/1928 - 05/12/2014| publisher=The Belgian Monarchy| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>

==Illness and death==
Queen Fabiola was hospitalised for 15 days with pneumonia beginning 16 January 2009, with her condition described as "serious".<ref name="Ynet">{{cite news| url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3658742,00.html |title=Belgium: Queen Fabiola in serious condition with pneumonia| work=[[Ynetnews]] |date=20 June 1995| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> She subsequently recovered and began attending public functions the following May. Queen Fabiola had been in poor health for years, having [[osteoporosis]], as well as having never fully recovered from a lung inflammation she had in 2009. On the evening of 5 December 2014, the [[Royal Palace of Brussels|Royal Palace]] announced that Queen Fabiola had died at the Château of Stuyvenberg.<ref name="death">{{cite web| url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20141205_01413977| title=Koningin Fabiola overleden|trans-title=Queen Fabiola Dies| first=Bart| last=Van Belle| work=[[De Standaard]]| location=[[Groot-Bijgaarden]]| date=5 December 2014| access-date=26 June 2015| language=nl}}</ref>

===Funeral===
[[File:Solemn Funeral 2014 56.JPG|thumbnail|262px|The royal coffin arriving at the [[Royal Palace of Brussels|Royal Palace]] ]]
The federal government declared a period of national mourning from Saturday, 6 December, to Friday, 12 December, the day when the funeral of Queen Fabiola took place at the [[Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula]] in Brussels.<ref name="mourning">{{cite web| url=http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/News/1.2172372| title=7 days of national mourning installed| work=[[Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|VRT]]| date=6 December 2014| access-date=26 June 2015| language=nl}}</ref>

The [[Belgian Royal Family|Royal Family]], members of the government and the Lord Speaker received the coffin at the Royal Palace on 10 December where it was placed in the grand antechamber, where it was decorated with flowers and attended by an honour guard of generals, members of the King's Royal Military household.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/32325/Koningin-Fabiola-overleden/article/detail/2146970/2014/12/09/Koningspaar-groet-koningin-Fabiola.dhtml| title=Koningspaar groet koningin Fabiola|trans-title=Royal salute for Queen Fabiola| work=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]]| access-date=11 December 2014| language=nl}}</ref> [[Godfried Cardinal Danneels]], [[Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels|Metropolitan Archbishop-emeritus of Mechelen-Brussels]], celebrated the [[Requiem Mass]].

Members of several royal families around the world including the [[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Grand Duke of Luxembourg]], [[Empress Michiko|Empress of Japan]], [[Margrethe II|Queen of Denmark]], [[Carl XVI Gustaf|King]] and [[Queen Silvia of Sweden|Queen of Sweden]], [[Harald V of Norway|King of Norway]] accompanied by his sister [[Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner|Princess Astrid]], former King [[Juan Carlos I|Juan Carlos]] and [[Queen Sofia of Spain]], former Queen [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]], the [[Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein|Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein]], former Empress [[Farah Pahlavi|Farah of Iran]] and Princess [[Maha Chakri Sirindhorn]] of Thailand, attended the funeral. No members of the [[British royal family]] or the [[House of Grimaldi|Monégasque princely family]] attended the funeral, leading to criticism by both Belgian and international press.<ref name="NoBritish">{{cite news |date=12 December 2014 |title=Veel hoge gasten, maar geen Britse royals in Brussel |trans-title=Many distinguished guests, but no British royals in Brussels |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2014/12/12/veel_hoge_gastenmaargeenbritseroyalsinbrussel-1-2178663/ |access-date=26 June 2015 |work=VRT |language=nl}}</ref>

==Arms==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
| [[File:Royal Monogram of Queen Fabiola of Belgium.svg|127px]]<br/>Royal Monogram of Queen Fabiola<br/>of Belgium
| [[File:Alliance Coat of Arms of King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola.svg|250px]]<br/>Alliance Coat of Arms of King Baudouin<br/>and Queen Fabiola
| [[File:Dual Cypher of King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of the Belgians.svg|112px]]<br/>Dual Cypher of King Baudouin and<br/>Queen Fabiola of the Belgians
| [[File:Dual Cypher of King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of the Belgians, Variant.svg|160px]]<br/>Dual Cypher of King Baudouin and<br/>Queen Fabiola of the Belgians
|}

==Honours==
* Belgium: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]]<ref name="Fallecimiento de la Reina Fabiola">[http://www.solardetejada.es/agenda_25a.html Fallecimiento de la Reina Fabiola]</ref>
* Vatican: Dame Grand Cross with Collar of the [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Catholic)|Order of the Holy Sepulchre]]
** Holy See: Dame of the [[Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice|Decoration of Honour]]<ref name="Tablet">{{cite web| url=http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/17th-june-1961/20/news-notes-texts| title=News, Notes & Texts| work=[[The Tablet]]| access-date=26 June 2015| date=17 June 1961| page=20| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607155946/http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/17th-june-1961/20/news-notes-texts| archive-date=7 June 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/3d/e5/c0/3de5c0000b2015db00368c15003ac6f6.jpg Image of her wedding]</ref>
* [[Empire of Iran]]: Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the 2,500-year Celebration of the Persian Empire {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082943/http://irancollection.alborzi.com/Orders/pages/1971-imperial-anniversary-1.htm |date=4 March 2016 }}<ref>{{cite web| url=http://badraie.com/images/belgiumnspain.JPG| format=JPG| title=Photograph| publisher=Badraie.com| access-date=11 December 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191844/http://badraie.com/images/belgiumnspain.JPG| archive-date=3 March 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Netherlands: Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of the Netherlands|Wedding Medal of Princess Beatrix and Claus van Amsberg]]<ref>[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Huwelijk_prinses_Beatrix_en_prins_Claus_%281966%29.jpg Wikipedia Commons]</ref>
* Portugal
** [[Republic of Portugal]]: Grand Cross of the [[Military Order of Christ|Order of Christ]]<ref name="Portugal">{{cite web| url=http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=154&list=1|title=Ordens Honorfícas Portuguesas|trans-title=Portuguese Honors| publisher=[[President of Portugal]]| date=24 August 1982| access-date=11 December 2014}}</ref>
** [[House of Braganza|Portuguese royal family]]: Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of Saint Isabel|Royal Order of Saint Isabel]]<ref name="Fallecimiento de la Reina Fabiola"/>
* Thailand: Dame Grand Cordon with Chain of the [[Order of the Royal House of Chakri]]<ref>Royal Thai Government Gazette (28 December 1960). "แจ้งความสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์" (thajsky) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150405090654/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2508/D/113/3263.PDF Dostupné online]</ref>
* Spain:
** Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1960/12/03/pdfs/A16674-16674.pdf| title=Ministerio de Asüncios Decreto 2235|trans-title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Decree 2235| work=[[Boletín Oficial del Estado]]| access-date=26 June 2015| date=22 November 1960| language=es}}</ref>
** Lady of the Villa de Tejada<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.solardetejada.es/indice_diviseros.pdf| title=Indice de apellidos|trans-title=Index of Surnames| publisher=Solardetejada.es| access-date=26 June 2015| language=es}}</ref>
** Dame of the Royal Nobility Corps of the Principality of Gerona<ref>[http://www.monarquiaconfidencial.com/tribuna_libre/verdad-noviazgo-Balduino-Fabiola_0_2396160372.html Monarquía Confidencial]</ref>
** Dame of the Royal Nobility Corps of Madrid<ref name="Fallecimiento de la Reina Fabiola"/>
*EEB1: A building; Fabiola; was named after her in the school campus of the European School of Brussels one

==See also==
{{portal|Biography|Belgium|Royalty}}
* [[Belgian Vocation Foundation]]
* [[Queen Fabiola Foundation for Mental Health]]
* [[Queen Fabiola Mountains]]
* ''[[Indian Water-lilies]]''

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
* [http://www.monarchie.be/royal-family/queen-fabiola Queen Fabiola] – official website of The Belgian Monarchy
* [http://theroyaluniverse.com/articles/royal-personalities/queen-fabiola-woman-hairdo Queen Fabiola: The Woman Behind The Hairdo] – Website The Royal Universe

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