# Queen Paola of Belgium

> She held the title of Queen of the Belgians for two decades without being Belgian by birth — an Italian princess who became the quietest fixture of a small monarchy in perpetual identity crisis.

*Queen consort of the Belgians*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/queen-paola-of-belgium

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1937-09-11
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Born Paola Ruffo di Calabria on 11 September 1937, she entered the world as Italian aristocracy, a princess by blood long before she became a queen by marriage. When she married Albert, the union tethered her to Belgium, a country where she would spend decades as a reserved, sometimes distant figure in the public eye. On 9 August 1993, Albert's ascension made her Queen of the Belgians, a role she occupied through years of constitutional turbulence and linguistic fracture. She relinquished the title on 21 July 2013 when Albert abdicated, closing a reign marked more by endurance than by fanfare.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.8 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Paola_of_Belgium)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31129)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Queen%20Paola%20of%20Belgium)
- [Kalabriyalı Paola (Belçika kraliçası)](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalabriyal%C4%B1_Paola_(Bel%C3%A7ika_krali%C3%A7as%C4%B1))
- [Паола Руфа дзі Калабрыа](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%84%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B0)
- [Paola Ruffo di Calabria](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_Ruffo_di_Calabria)
- [Paola Ruffo di Calàbria](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_Ruffo_di_Cal%C3%A0bria)
- [Paola Belgická](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_Belgick%C3%A1)
- [Paola af Belgien](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_af_Belgien)
- [Paola Ruffo di Calabria](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_Ruffo_di_Calabria)
- [Πάολα του Βελγίου](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%92%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85)
- [Paola de Belgio](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_de_Belgio)
- [Paola de Bélgica](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_de_B%C3%A9lgica)
- [Paola (belglaste kuninganna)](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_(belglaste_kuninganna))
- [Paola Belgikakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_Belgikakoa)
- [ملکه پائولا بلژیک](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%DA%A9%D9%87_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%98%DB%8C%DA%A9)
- [Paola (Belgian kuningatar)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_(Belgian_kuningatar))
- [Paola Ruffo di Calabria](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_Ruffo_di_Calabria)
- [פאולה, מלכת הבלגים](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94%2C_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9D)
- [Paula belga királyné](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_belga_kir%C3%A1lyn%C3%A9)
- [Paola dari Belgia](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_dari_Belgia)
- [Paola Ruffo di Calabria](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola_Ruffo_di_Calabria)
- [パオラ・ルッフォ・ディ・カラブリア](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%82%AA%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%83%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2)
- [პაოლა რუფო დი კალაბრია](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)
- [벨기에 왕대비 파올라](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A8%EA%B8%B0%EC%97%90_%EC%99%95%EB%8C%80%EB%B9%84_%ED%8C%8C%EC%98%AC%EB%9D%BC)
- [باولا (ملكة بلجيكا)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7))
- [الملكه باولا من بلجيكا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)

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