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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.
King Albert II & Queen Paola. His Majesty King Albert II was born in Brussels, at Stuyvenberg Castle, on 6 June 1934. Albert, who was given the title 'Prince of Liège' at birth, is the son of King Leopold III and of Queen Astrid, born Princess of Sweden. He is the grandson of King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth. Princess Astrid & Prince Lorenz.
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.
List of Belgian monarchs. This 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.
The King. His Majesty the King was born on 15 April 1960 in Brussels, the eldest son of King Albert II and Queen Paola. The King is the first Crown Prince not to receive private education and to follow a classical and bilingual educational path in primary and secondary schools in Belgium.
The role of the monarchy. Early in the year 1831, the National Congress, which laid the foundations of the state, gave Belgium a Constitution. It organized the new state as a constitutional parliamentary monarchy. The next problem for the Congress was to find an individual to fulfil the role of King of the Belgians.
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. There have been seven Belgian monarchs since independence in 1830.
