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Paris Peace Conference. Later years. Death. Ancestry. See also. References. Further reading. External links. Albert I of Belgium. Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) was King of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934.
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Apr 4, 2024 · First Battle of Ypres. World War I. Albert I (born April 8, 1875, Brussels, Belg.—died Feb. 17, 1934, Marche-les-Dames, near Namur) was the king of the Belgians (1909–34), who led the Belgian army during World War I and guided his country’s postwar recovery. The younger son of Philip, count of Flanders (brother of King Leopold II), Albert ...
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Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) was King of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934. You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (November 2020) Click for important translation instructions.
"Belgium" is originally a Latin term used by Julius Caesar, referring to an area now mostly in Northern France, where the tribes ruling the military alliance of the Belgae lived. Under Roman rule this region was the equivalent of the province of Belgica Secunda , which stretched into the coastal Flemish part of modern Belgium.
Jun 11, 2018 · Albert I. Albert I (1875-1934) was king of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934. He was especially concerned with the social welfare of his subjects and the development of commerce and industry in Belgium. Albert was born in Brussels on April 8, 1875, the son of Philip, Count of Flanders, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern.
Albert I, the third king of the Belgians, played a leading role as supreme commander of the Belgian army during the First World War. For four years he defended the last piece of unoccupied Belgium behind the Yser River, refusing to sacrifice his troops in bloody attacks and hoping that the war could be ended through negotiations.
The line now descends from his nephew and successor, Albert I of Belgium, who ruled while 90% of Belgium was overrun by the forces of Kaiser Wilhelm II and is notable for his forays into colonial rule of the Belgian Congo and later, abeyant Wilhelm, the League of Nations mandate in Ruanda-Urundi.
