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Leopold took his oath as King of the Belgians on 21 July 1831, an event commemorated annually as Belgian National Day. The following year, he married Princess Louise of Orléans , with whom he had four children: Louis Philippe , Leopold , Philippe , and Charlotte , all first cousins of both Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert of Saxe ...
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.
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.
The Belgian army across the border numbered just 24,000, including both regular soldiers and the poorly-trained and equipped militia units of the Garde Civique. [1] The Belgian force was split into two armies, known as the Army of the Meuse and the Army of the Scheldt, under the nominal command of King Leopold I and his Minister of War Amédée ...
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
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From 1885 the creation of a personal colony by King Leopold II, the Congo Free State caused an international outcry over human rights abuses, and forced the Belgian state to annex the region in 1908, forming the Belgian Congo. In 1909, after his uncle's death, Albert I began his reign, which lasted until 1934.
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 ...