King albert i of belgium biography
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King albert i of belgium biography
Albert I, King of the Belgians
By Jan Velaers
King Albert I (1875-1934)
Albert I, King of the Belgians at his desk in his headquarters, De Panne, 1917.
Brooks, Ernest, 1917, De Panne, Belgium.
IWM (Q 3079), http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205235667.
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Albert Léopold Clément Marie Meinhard
King of the Belgians
Born 09 April 1875 in Brussels, Belgium
Died 17 February 1934 in Marche-les-Dames, Belgium
Summary
Albert I, the third king of the Belgians, played a leading role as supreme commander of the Belgian army during the First World War.For four years he defended the last piece of unoccupied Belgium behind the Yser River, refusing to sacrifice his troops in bloody attacks and hoping that the war could be ended through negotiations.
Introduction
Albert I, King of the Belgians (1875-1934) was the third king of the Belgians.
At his birth, no one expected that he would ever reign. However, because Leopold II, King of the Belgian