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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.
Poważny, staranny, pesymistyczny, zamknięty w sobie (Leopold II nazywał go „zamkniętą kopertą”), skromny, nieśmiały i wstydzący się swojej wady wymowy Albert obejmuje tron Belgii po śmierci stryja w 1909. Swoją przysięgę konstytucyjną złożył nie tylko po francusku, ale także po flamandzku.
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 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.
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.
8 paź 2014 · 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.
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.
