Monarch. Born Albert Léopold Clément Marie Meinrad in Brussels. He succeeded to the Belgian throne in December 1909, following the death of his uncle, Leopold II. Died in a mountaineering accident in the Ardennes. Our sister site Brussels Remembers has a few memorials for him.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
King Albert 1st of Belgium
{Next to the emblem of the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae, (Congregatio...
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