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1. www.unofficialroyalty.com › accession-belgiumAccession To The Throne – Belgium | Unofficial Royalty

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   1 day ago · The soon-to-be Philippe, King of the Belgians and his father, the abdicated Albert II, King of the Belgians. Belgium is a young monarchy and does not have the long history of the other European monarchies. In August 1830, the southern provinces (modern-day Belgium) of the Netherlands rebelled against Dutch rule.

2. www.brusselstimes.com › belgium › 1049009Do you know your Belgian Royal family? - brusselstimes.com

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   2 days ago · King Philippe of Belgium ('Filip' in Dutch) – officially called 'His Majesty the King' – was born on 15 April 1960 in Brussels, as the eldest son of former King Albert II and former Queen Paola. He is currently 64 years old.

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4. www.brusselstimes.com › 352847 › the-belgian-princeThe Belgian prince who refused the crowns - The Brussels Times

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   2 days ago · Belgium’s Prince Philippe, the second son of King Leopold I, was one of the most indolent aristocrats in 19th century Europe. He refused numerous foreign crowns, found politics boring and shunned the limelight.

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5. www.brusselstimes.com › 96952 › the-untold-storiesThe untold stories of Belgium’s female resistance during ...

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   4 days ago · At the Liberation in November 1918, King Albert I spoke of “equality before pain and endurance,” yet announced that “adult men of all ages” – only men – would be granted the vote. This, Claudine Marissal said, was felt by women as an erasure of their own wartime suffering.

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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_BelgiumHistory of Belgium - Wikipedia

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   15 hours ago · The first King of Belgium, Leopold I, assumed the throne in 1831. The first half of the twentieth century was tumultuous. Its historic neutrality was violated in each of the World Wars. During World War I, frustrated German invaders launched the Rape of Belgium.

8. www.monaco-tribune.com › en › 2024Prince Albert II discovers new Turner sublime heritage ...

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   3 days ago · Prince Albert II discovered the works of one of Britain’s greatest painters, a member of the Sublime artistic movement, at the opening of “Turner, the Sublime Legacy”. Turner, the sublime legacy: ‘a collection that you won’t often see’

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   Who was Prince Philippe of Belgium?

   • Belgium’s Prince Philippe, the second son of King Leopold I, was one of the most indolent aristocrats in 19th century Europe. He refused numerous foreign crowns, found politics boring and shunned the limelight. On a cold November day in 1905, European royalty gathered in Brussels to attend the funeral of Prince Philippe of Belgium.

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   When did Belgium become a state?

   • The Southern Netherlands rebelled during the 1830 Belgian Revolution, establishing the modern Belgian state, officially recognized at the London Conference of 1830. The first King of Belgium, Leopold I, assumed the throne in 1831. The first half of the twentieth century was tumultuous. Its historic neutrality was violated in each of the World Wars.

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   Who were the kings of Europe?

   • Standing, from left to right: King Haakon VII of Norway, Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, King Manuel II of Portugal, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, kings George I of Greece and Albert I of Belgium. Seated, from left to right: kings Alfonso XIII of Spain, George V of the United Kingdom and Frederik VIII of Denmark.

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   When did Belgium become a bilingual country?

   • On August 2, 1963, the second Gilson Act entered into force, fixing the division of Belgium into four language areas: a Dutch, a French and a German language area, with Brussels as a bilingual area. In 1970, there was a first state reform, which resulted in the establishment of three cultural communities: Dutch, French and German.

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10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wilhelm_IIWilhelm II - Wikipedia

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    15 hours ago · Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 300-year rule of Prussia.