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On 15 December 1960, in the morning, King Bouduin of Belgium married Fabiola de Mora y Aragón in the Throne Room of the Royal Palace of Brussels. Then a ceremony was held at the St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral in Brussels.  The witnesses were the groom's father, King Leopold III, his brother-in-law, Jean, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, the bride's brother, The Marqués of Casa Riera, and the pretender to the Spanish throne, the Count of Barcelona. The bride's white silk and tulle gown, trimmed with ermine, had a high neckline, three-quarter length sleeves with a drop waist and a full skirt. It was designed by Cristóbal Balenciaga and had a 22-foot long train.  She wore the Art Deco diamond tiara given to her late mother-in-law at the time of her own marriage in 1926. The groom wore the uniform of a Lieutenant-General of the Armed Forces with the riband and star of the Belgian Order of Leopold and the collar of the Spanish Order of Isabella the Catholic. Royal Gues

Doña Fabiola Fernanda Maria-de-las -Victorias Antonia Adelaide Mora y Aragón was born on June 11th. 1928 in Madrid (Spain). Source picture: Wikipedia Her parents were Gonzalo Mora y Fernández, Marquess of Mora and Count of Aragón and his wife Doña Blanca Aragón y Carillo de Albornóz... Her godmother was Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain. On December 15th. 1960, Fabiola married King Baudouin of Belgium. He died in 1993, she was Queen Consort for around 33 years!  Screenshot Queen Fabiola of Belgium died in Brussels on 5 December 2014. Her funeral took place on 12 December 2014.  Source picture: Wikipedia