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Belgium is a constitutional, hereditary and popular monarchy. The monarch is titled King (or Queen) of the Belgians ( Dutch: Koning (in) der Belgen, French: Roi / Reine des Belges, German: König (in) der Belgier) and serves as the country's head of state and commander-in-chief of the Belgian Armed Forces.
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- List of Belgian Monarchs
This is a list of Belgian monarchs from 1831 when the first...
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Prince Gabriel of Belgium (French: Gabriel Baudouin Charles...
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Princess Eléonore of Belgium (Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne...
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Prince Emmanuel of Belgium (Emmanuel Léopold Guillaume...
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Monarchy in Belgium is constitutional and popular in nature. The monarch is the head of state. The Monarch is officially called King of the Belgians. The current leader is Philippe I. Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the first King of the Belgians.
#NamePortraitBirth And Death7( 1960-04-15) 15 April 1960 (age 64), ...21 July 20136( 1934-06-06) 6 June 1934 (age 89) ...9 August 199357 September 1930 Laeken – 31 July 1993 ...17 July 1951—Prince Charles Regent for Leopold III10 October 1903 Brussels – 1 June 1983 ...20 September 1944For most of its history, what is now Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the Carolingian Empire, or divided into a number of smaller states, prominent among them being the Duchy of Brabant, the County of Flanders, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, the County of Namur, the County of Hainaut and the County of Luxembourg.
Belgium is a constitutional, hereditary and popular monarchy. The monarch is titled King of the Belgians and serves as the country's head of state and commander-in-chief of the Belgian Armed Forces. There have been seven Belgian monarchs since independence in 1830.
Belgium has had its own monarchy since 1831. King Albert II left the throne on July 21, 2013 and the current king is Philippe . In Belgium, the government is elected.
History. Belgium was recognised as an independent country in 1830 but the Monarchy was established in 1831. Leopold I, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, took the constitutional oath on 21 July 1831 to become the first King of the Belgians.
