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The same year Leopold received an honorary commission to the rank of Field Marshal and Knight of the Order of the Garter. [1] The Regent also considered making Leopold a royal duke, the Duke of Kendal, though the plan was abandoned due to government fears that it would draw Leopold into party politics and would be viewed as a demotion for ...
The Order of Leopold (Dutch: Leopoldsorde, French: Ordre de Léopold, German: Leopoldsorden) is one of the three current Belgian national honorary orders of knighthood. It is the oldest and highest order of Belgium and is named in honour of its founder, King Leopold I .
Sculptural busts of the first five Belgian monarchs in the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces. 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.
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Leopold Duke of Brabant 1859–1869: Rudolf Cr. Prince of Austria 1858–1889: Stéphanie of Belgium 1864–1945: Albert I King of the Belgians 1875–1934 r.1909–1934: Elisabeth of Bavaria 1876–1965: Baudouin of Flanders 1869–1891: Astrid of Sweden 1905–1935: Leopold III King of the Belgians 1901–1983 r.1934-1951: Lilian Princess of ...
Searching for a monarch, the revolutionaries decided on Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha who was a German aristocrat popular in the United Kingdom. Leopold arrived in Brussels in early July 1831 and, on 21 July, swore allegiance to the constitution, becoming the country's first monarch. 21 July 1831 is thus considered to mark the start of ...
Kate Middleton’s return to greeting the public on Christmas Day was a poignant moment, not just for her, but for the many who had been eagerly awaiting her comeback after a difficult year. For ...
The monument was designed by the architect Louis De Curte [] in a neo-Gothic style. [2] [1] It was built from 1878 to 1881 on the orders of King Leopold II, who had the monument erected in honour of the founding of the dynasty by his father, King Leopold I, whom he had succeeded as King of the Belgians in 1865.