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Leopold I (French: Léopold; born Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; 16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first King of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865.
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.
Leopold I [1] King of the Belgians 1790–1865 r.1831-1865: Leopold II [2] King of the Belgians 1835–1909 r.1865-1909: Philippe Count of Flanders 1837–1905: Albert I [3] King of the Belgians 1875–1934 r.1909-1934: Leopold III King of the Belgians 1901–1983 r.1934-1951: Baudouin [4] King of the Belgians 1930–1993 r.1951-1993: Albert II ...
Birth of future king Leopold III of Belgium. 1902: 25 May: Partial legislative elections: 15 November: Italian anarchist Gennaro Rubino attempts to assassinate Leopold II 1904: 1 May: Belgium national football team play their first official game, against France. 29 May: Partial legislative elections: 1905: 27 April to 6 November
21 July: King Leopold I takes the constitutional oath at the Place Royale/Koningsplein. 2–12 August: King William I's troops, sent to recapture the city, only reach Leuven before retreating after the Belgian Government appeals to France for military support, prompting France to send reinforcements under Marshal Étienne Maurice Gérard.
King Leopold II, whose rule of the Congo Free State was marked by severe atrocities, violence and major population decline.. Even before his accession to the throne of Belgium in 1865, the future king Leopold II began lobbying leading Belgian politicians to create a colonial empire in the Far East or in Africa, which would expand and enhance Belgian prestige. [2]
None (Érasme-Louis as regent of Belgium) 2 Joseph Lebeau (1794–1865) — 10 March 1831 24 July 1831 136 days Independent Lebeau I – Leopold I (1831–1865) 3 Félix de Muelenaere (1793–1862) 1831: 24 July 1831 20 October 1832 1 year, 88 days Independent (Confessional) De Mûelenaere – 4 Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (1790–1873 ...
Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) was King of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934. He is popularly referred to as the Knight King (Dutch: Koning-Ridder, French: Roi-Chevalier) or Soldier King (Dutch: Koning-Soldaat, French: Roi-Soldat) in Belgium in reference to his role during World War I.