![]() I look forward to meeting you in the future, when trade between our two countries will be most fruitful.ĭefeat: You have brought grave humiliation upon my Household, and disaster upon my people. Introduction: Welcome to Belgium, I am Albert, King of the Belgians. ![]() I hope that our two countries will one day become good allies and that, until then, we can pursue a harmonious acquaintanceship. Can you remain diligent and safeguard the integrity of your people's Kingdom against the villains that would seek to tear it apart? Can you secure for yourself a place amongst the powers of this world, forging alliances to ensure the perseverance of your country? Can you build a civilization that can stand the test of time? Heroic King, your government beckons for the return of your determinate rule in leading the Belgian people toward a future composed of unity and peace. When war fell upon Belgium in 1914, you and your family would set aside the gowns of royalty and you would share in the bloody defiance of your soldiers against the German invaders, igniting the will of your people to remain united as one and as independent, and forever emboldening your name as King of the Belgians. Inheriting a dilapidated colonial empire constructed by your predecessor, you would endeavour to become a symbol of a united Belgium, forging a government that would unite the dissidents that threatened the kingdom, and bestowing upon your people the universal suffrage for which they yearned. ![]() Born of revolution against the Dutch kingdom of the Netherlands, Belgium would rise in competition as an economic and industrial power within Europe. At the onset of your reign you would inherit a burgeoning kingdom a herald of industrialisation and a model for modernity. Noble Albert, King of the Belgians, we are graced by your leadership. King Albert was killed in a mountaineering accident in eastern Belgium in 1934, at the age of 58, and he was succeeded by his son Leopold. Other crucial issues included the adoption of the Treaty of Versailles, the ruling of the Belgian Congo as an overseas possession of the Kingdom of Belgium along with the League of Nations mandate of Ruanda-Urundi, the reconstruction of Belgium following the war, and the first five years of the Great Depression (1929 - 1934). This was an eventful period in the History of Belgium since it included the period of World War I (1914 - 1918), when 90 percent of Belgium was overrun, occupied, and ruled by the German Empire. Many of these fiefdoms were united in the Burgundian Netherlands of the 14th and 15th centuries.Emperor Charles V extended the personal union of the Seventeen Provinces in the 1540s, making it far more than a personal union by the Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 and increased his influence over the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.Īlbert I (Ap– February 17, 1934) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934. The Treaty of Verdun in 843 divided the region into Middle and West Francia and therefore into a set of more or less independent fiefdoms which, during the Middle Ages, were vassals either of the King of France or of the Holy Roman Emperor. ![]() A gradual shift of power during the 8th century led the kingdom of the Franks to evolve into the Carolingian Empire. gradual immigration by Germanic Frankish tribes during the 5th century brought the area under the rule of the Merovingian kings. The name 'Belgium' is derived from Gallia Belgica, a Roman province in the northernmost part of Gaul that before Roman invasion in 100 BC, was inhabited by the Belgae, a mix of Celtic and Germanic peoples. ![]()
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