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Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) was King of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934. He is popularly referred to as the Knight King (Dutch: Koning-Ridder, French: Roi-Chevalier) or Soldier King (Dutch: Koning-Soldaat, French: Roi-Soldat) in Belgium in reference to his role during World War I.
Albert I was the king of the Belgians (1909–34), who led the Belgian army during World War I and guided his country’s postwar recovery. The younger son of Philip, count of Flanders (brother of King Leopold II), Albert succeeded to the throne in 1909—Leopold’s son and Albert’s father and older.
Albert Leopold Klemens Maria Meinrad, fr. Albert Léopold Clément Marie Meinrad (ur. 8 kwietnia 1875 w Brukseli , zm. 17 lutego 1934 w Marches-les-Dames ) – król Belgów od 1909.
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.
Belgium’s campaign, leading an Allied army group in the liberation of his county in the last two months of hostilities, would reconcile Albert’s contrary stance and justify his actions.
Albert Meinrad, King Albert I of Belgium, ascended to the throne in 1909 on the death of his uncle Leopold II. On August 5, 1914, with German troops already in his country, the King addressed the Belgian Parliament calling for union between all parties and ethnics groups.
12 paź 2018 · Albert I, King of the Belgians, was not the only sovereign Commander-in-Chief during the First World War. He was also a monarch who actually led his army in the field throughout the conflict.
