Paola Ruffo di Calabria

Donna Paola Margherita Maria Antonia Consiglia Ruffo di Calabria

Daughter of Don Fulco Principe Ruffo di Calabria, Duca di Guardia Lombarda (1884-1946) and Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana e di San Sebastiano (1896-1986).

Born: Forte dei Marmi, Italy 11. Sep 1937

Married: Brussels 2. Jul 1959 Albert, Prince of Belgium, Prince de Liège, later Albert II King of the Belgians (1934), son of Léopold III King of the Belgians (1901-1983) by his first wife Astrid Princess of Sweden (1905-1935).

Issue:

• Philippe Prince of Belgium, Duc de Brabant (1960) m. 1999 Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz (1973)

• Astrid Princess of Belgium (1962) m. 1984 Lorenz Archduke of Austria (1955)

• Laurent Prince of Belgium (1963) m. 2003 Claire Coombs (1974)

Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten I, Vol XVII, Starke Verlag 2004; Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000