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...
He ruled over Kent, Sussex, Wessex and East Anglia. Famous for building the dyke named for him along the Welsh border. Settled a dispute with the Bishop of Worcester at the Council of Brentford in ...
Born in Arolsen as Helena Frederica Augusta of Waldeck & Pyrmont. Married, in 1882, Leopold, Duke of Albany, youngest son of Queen Victoria. Died in the Tyrol. The photograph was taken at the ...
See their Silver Wedding for more information.
Born Windsor, son of Henry V. King of England 1422 - 1461 and 1470 - 1471. Madness and the Wars of the Roses explain the gap. Also King of France 1422 - 1453. As a child king there were regents unt...
Harald: Born Norway, son of King Olav V. King of Norway since 1991. Sonia: Born in Oslo as Sonja Haraldsen on 4 July 1937, a commoner. They married in 1968.
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