Well, Queen Fabiola is daughter of Don Gonzalo de Mora y Fernández Riera y del Olmo, 4th Marquess of Casa Riera & 2nd Count of Mora and his wife, Doña Blanca de Aragón y Carrillo de Albornoz Barroeta-Aldamar y Elío (herself daughter of Doña Blanca Carrillo de Albornoz, 6th Marchioness of Casa de Torres). I believe this isn't bad for you, either.
--Previous Message-- : The mediatization of so many German families : fools us. More or less mediatization meant : that former Sovereign families kept their : status. This means that even a Count : Stolberg-Wernigerode, a Count : Castell-Rüdenhausen or a Count Van : Limburg-Stirum are "higher" than a : the Prince Ruffo di Calabria, the Duke of : Alba or the Duke of Norfolk. : : That would be a very narrow perspective. I : wrote that the marriage of Prince Albert : with Donna Paola dei principi Ruffo di : Calabria was not Ebenbürtig (in the sense of : the Almanach de Gotha) but it was no : mésalliance either. Since the family already : was of high nobility in the 13th C, it : belongs to the so called Uradel (ancient : feudal nobility). It was in any way a better : match than the one between King Baudouin and : Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, in terms of : rank and anciennity. : :