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Signature. Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) was King of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934. Albert was born in Brussels as the fifth child and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Albert succeeded his uncle Leopold II to the Belgian throne in 1909.
- 23 December 1909 – 17 February 1934
- Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Sep 12, 2016 · King Albert took the throne in 1909, only a few years before the start of WWI. During his early years, King Albert and his wife Elisabeth were widely popular for being seen as a good, moral, and happy family. Albert was an avid mountain climber and known as a benevolent ruler. His wife, Elisabeth, grew up watching and assisting her parents.
- Galet, Émile Joseph / Thielemans, Marie Rose: Journal de campagne, 26 octobre 1914 - 11 novembre 1918. Le commandement de l'armée belge (1915-1918) et la question de la paix, 2 volumes, Brussels 2012: Commission Royale d'Histoire.
- Haag, Henri: Le comte Charles de Broqueville, ministre d'Etat, et les luttes pour le pouvoir, 1910-1940, 2 volumes, Louvain-la-Neuve; Brussels 1990: Collège Erasme; Editions Nauwelaerts.
- Palo, Michael: The question of neutrality and Belgium's security dilemma during the First World War. The search for a politically acceptable solution, in: Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis 29/1-2, 2000, pp.
- Thielemans, Marie-Rose (ed.) : Albert Ier. Carnets et correspondance de guerre 1914-1918, Paris 1991: Duculot.
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The Allies considered Belgium to be the chief victim of the war, and it aroused enormous popular sympathy, but the King's advice played a small role in Paris. [43] Belgium was given much less than it wanted, with a total payment of three billion German gold marks ($500 million in 1919; $8,787,000,000 in 2024); [ citation needed ] the money did ...
Nov 9, 2022 · King Albert I of Belgium (1875-1934), left, walks with French Gen. Marshal Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch (1851-1929) at the Houthem Aerodrome, Belgium, Oct. 7, 1918, near Allied troops during the last year of World War I. Gen. Foch, a member of the Knights of Columbus, served as the Allied Supreme Commander in 1918.
Belgium’s Albert I urges his people to resist (1914) On August 4th the Belgian king, Albert I, addressed his nation’s parliament – as German forces were initiating the Schlieffen Plan and pouring over Belgium’s borders: Never since 1839 has a more solemn hour struck for Belgium: the integrity of our territory is threatened.
Jul 18, 2018 · PDF EPUB KINDLE Print. Belgium, a neutral state, was forced into the First World War by a German ultimatum, a fact with considerable international resonance. The war had a deep impact on what was, in 1914, the most densely-populated country in the world. Most of Belgium came under German military occupation; the army was cut off from the home ...
