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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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This is a list of Belgian monarchs from 1831 when the first...
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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 1944This is a list of Belgian monarchs from 1831 when the first Belgian king, Leopold I, ascended the throne, after Belgium seceded from the Kingdom of the Netherlands during the Belgian Revolution of 1830.
NamePortraitBirth And DeathReign Started15 April 1960 Laeken21 July 2013Incumbent (10 years, 319 days)6 June 1934 Laeken9 August 1993 [1]21 July 2013 (abdicated) (19 years, 346 ...7 September 1930 Laeken – 31 July 1993 ...17 July 195131 July 1993 [3] (42 years, 13 days)Charles / Karel prince regent for Leopold ...10 October 1903 Brussels – 1 June 1983 ...21 September 194420 July 1950 (5 years, 302 days)- See Also
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Pirenne, Henri (1948). Histoire de Belgique(in French). Vol. VII: De la Révolution de 1830 à la Guerre de 1914 (2nd ed.). Brussels: Maurice Lamertin.
The Belgian monarchy Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine- official brochure of the Belgium governmentBelgium 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.
Philippe [a] (born 15 April 1960) is King of the Belgians. He is the eldest child of King Albert II and Queen Paola. He succeeded his father upon the former’s abdication for health reasons on 21 July 2013. He married Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz in 1999, with whom he has four children.
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Under the new constitution, Belgium became a sovereign, independent state with a constitutional monarchy. However, the constitution severely limited voting rights to the French-speaking haute-bourgeoisie and the clergy, in a country where French was not the majority language.
