ALBERT II, King of the Belgians

1934–, king of the Belgians (1993–), the younger son of Leopold III. He married Donna Paola Ruffo de Calabria in 1959; they have three children. Albert became king when Baudouin, his brother, died childless.

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books on: Albert II King of the Belgians  - 88 results

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Agent for the Resistance: A Belgian Saboteur in World War II
Book by Herman Bodson, Richard Schmidt; Texas A&M University Press, 1994
Subjects: Bodson, Herman--1912-, Guerrillas--Belgium--Biography, World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives, Belgian, World War, 1939-1945--Underground Movements--Belgium
...parents farm. Of all the Bouarmont kids, she and her brother Albert were the closest to my age and we had become good friends...gave me: Le sanglier est le roi des Ardennes the wild boar is king of the Ardennes . On the 7:00 P.M. edition of the news...
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The King Incorporated: Leopold II in the Age of Trusts
Book by Neal Ascherson; George Allen & Unwin, 1963
Subjects: Laeopold--Ii--King Of The Belgians--1835-1909
...unexpectedly so that the old King was caught at a disadvantage...feet up, reading the Belgian papers in his hotel...Leopold proposed that the Belgian heir, his nephew Albert, should become Grand Duke as well as King of the Belgians, leaving Luxemburg...
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The Story of the Congo Free State: Social, Political, and Economic Aspects of the Belgian System of Government in Central Africa
Book by Henry Wellington Wack; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1905
Subjects: Belgium--Colonies--Africa--Administration, Congo (Democratic Republic)
...Laeken, Brussels, King Leopolds palace...et seq. Lake Albert Edward, 56 Lake Albert Nyanza, 52...57 Lake leopolg II., discovered...90 ; founds Belgian Anti-Slavery...353 Leopold II. King of the Belgians and Sovereign...
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Belgian Problems since the War
Book by Louis Piaerard; Yale Univ. Press, 1929
Subjects: Flemish Movement, Labor Movement--Belgium, Parti Socialiste Belge, Socialism--Belgium
...The attitude of Belgian labor on that point...would not oppose the King very strongly if...and after. King Albert takes a great deal...development of the Belgian Congo. He has been...position of the Belgian Labor party on the...State, when Leopold II was at the same...union, King of the Belgians and sovereign of...
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Wilhelm II - Vol. 2
Book by Lamar Cecil; University of North Carolina Press, 1996
Subjects: Germany--History--William Ii, 1888-1918, Germany--Kings And Rulers--Biography, William--Ii--German Emperor--1859-1941
...62, 164, 171 Albany, Duke of, 383 (n. 25 ) Albert, King of the Belgians, 214 , 299 Alexander III, Tsar of Russia, 101 Alexandra...Tsarina of Russia, 10 , 13 , 79, 90 Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 92 , 99 Alfred, Grand Duke of Saxe-Coburg...
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journal articles on: Albert II King of the Belgians  - 13 results

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A Belgian Waffle: Flemish Unrest and Secessionism
Journal article by Michael Diodato; Harvard International Review, Vol. 30, 2008
Subjects: Belgian foreign relations--Political aspects, European Union--Membership, Flanders, Belgium--Political aspects, Political history, Secession
...inconclusive election, King Albert II directed the longest government...task has fallen to King Albert II to force a resolution...Moreover, ballooning Belgian debt--now US$432...In other words, would Belgians see meaningful changes...
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Flemish versus Netherlandish: A Discourse of Nationalism
Journal article by Lisa Deam; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 51, 1998
Subjects: Art, Belgian--Political aspects, Art, Flemish--Political aspects, Art, Renaissance--Political aspects, Nationalism and art--Evaluation
...as a symbol of the fragmentation of Belgian identity. The physical and intellectual...The irony was acutely felt by many Belgians themselves, especially the organizers...formed part of the concerted efforts of Belgian intellectual leaders to repair the...nationalistic connotations: the fact that many Belgians referred to their second language as...itself. It is ironic, however, that Belgian historians celebrated the "Flemishness...
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Persistent Nonviolent Conflict with No Reconciliation: The Flemish and Walloons in Belgium
Journal article by Robert Mnookin, Alain Verbeke; Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 72, 2009
Subjects: Ethnic relations--Political aspects, Federalism--Laws, regulations and rules, Flemings--Laws, regulations and rules, Marriage law--Evaluation, Reconciliation--Political aspects, Walloons--Laws, regulations and rules
...century, King Albert I was told...there are no Belgians." (65...suggest that a Belgian identity...only truly Belgian institutions...together, and King Albert II is well liked...speaking Belgians. If he were...referendum in Belgian history, on the fate of King Leopold III...World War II, in 1950...present King Albert II (since...
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Miniaturization and Anticlimax in Evelyn Waugh's 'Sword of Honor
Journal article by Steven Trout; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 43, 1997
Subjects: Authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sword of Honour (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Waugh, Evelyn--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...opening days of World War II, Barbara falls back on...English hearts won in 1914 by King Albert of the Belgians. Then quite suddenly it...lost. "Hullo Nan. Hullo King. Nothing heard. Out...from the test of World War II to rule the Kingdom of...
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Unescorted in Africa: Victorian Women Ethnographers Toiling in the Fields of Sensational Science
Journal article by Julie English Early; Journal of American Culture, Vol. 18, 1995
Subjects: Africa, Ethnology, Explorers, History, Kingsley, Mary, Sheldon, May French, Travel, Women
...Africa enabled by King Leopold, she...atrocities of the Belgian Congo.(11...in 1894 to the Belgian Congo. Sultan...and enlightened King of the Belgians, Leopold II" a Founders Medal...reception for him at Albert Hall) and his...
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magazine articles on: Albert II King of the Belgians  - 9 results

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Lumumba: Belgian Report a Whitewash
Magazine article by Francois Misser; New African, January 2002
Subjects: Assassination--Investigations, Belgian foreign relations--Congo (Kinshasa), Belgium, Congo (Kinshasa) foreign relations--Belgium, Congo (Kinshasa)--Political aspects, Lumumba, Patrice--Crimes against, Prime ministers--Congo (Kinshasa)
...full plenary by the Belgian parliament when it...wanted to protect the Belgian establishment was...need to protect the Belgian establishment. Nevertheless...of the fact that King Baudouin had set...Baudouins successor, Albert II, about the limits...
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The King's Lobbyists
Magazine article by Adam Hochschild; American Scholar, Vol. 67, Summer 1998
Subjects: Belgium, Heads of state, Leopold, II--Behavior, Sanford, Henry Shelton--Behavior
...king, Leopold II. Sanford even...their land to the king. The claim that...Belgium was now the Belgian kings personal envoy...president from the king, which he had...of which the King of the Belgians is the president...accounts of the kings philanthropic...for King Leopold II knew that Sanfords...
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Belgium's Survival as a Nation
Magazine article by Mark Corner; Contemporary Review, Vol. 290, Spring 2008
Subjects: Belgian foreign relations--Political aspects, Belgian foreign relations--Social aspects, Belgium--Economic aspects, Belgium--Political aspects, Belgium--Social aspects, Liberalism--Analysis, Liberalism--Social aspects
...under its new King Leopold, Queen...Under King Leopold II a total reconstruction...that now makes Belgian politics so difficult...thus never be a Belgian equivalent of...Arabic. Most Belgians say that they...even more. A Belgian writer recently...Englands and King Albert II is constantly...
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The Foundation of Belgium: Philip Mansel Recalls the Creation of the Kingdom of Belgium in 1831, in a Successful Act of Co-operation between London, Paris and Brussels
Magazine article by Philip Mansel; History Today, Vol. 56, May 2006
Subjects: Belgian foreign relations, Belgium--History, Belgium--Political aspects, Belgium--Social aspects
...a vigorous sense of Belgian identity, based on...pamphlet claimed: the Belgian nation has always distinguished...the liberty of the Belgians is lost in the dawn of time ... Joseph II, in contrast, was...Europe was not French but Belgian. However, it lasted...de la societe. The Kings attempts to make Dutch...Monsieur Guillaume, as the King was called, were his...
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The Archdukes in Brussels
Magazine article by Pauline Croft; History Today, Vol. 48, September 1998
Subjects: Art, Belgian--Exhibitions, Belgium--History
...rule of the Archduke Albert of Austria and his wife...daughter of Philip II. In 1598, before his death, the king ceded to the couple...the ravaged economy. Albert proved himself a notable...the Emperor Rudolph II emerges particularly...
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newspaper articles on: Albert II King of the Belgians  - 12 results

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Laguna Folk Thank Belgian King for Lake Rehab Support
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 21, 2010
Laguna Folk Thank Belgian King for Lake Rehab Support. MANILA...Rehabilitation Project have written King Albert II of Belgium to thank him for supporting...they submitted the letter to King Albert II at the Belgian Embassy in Makati...
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AROUND THE WORLD: Belgian PM 'Quits'
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 16, 2008
Subjects: Leterme, Yves--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Prime ministers--Appointments, resignations and dismissals
AROUND THE WORLD: Belgian PM Quits. BELGIAN Prime Minister Yves Leterme has...governments resignation to the king after failing to carry out political...devolve more power to the regions. King Albert II has yet to decide whether to accept...
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Belgian Government Goes; INTERNATIONAL
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 16, 2008
Subjects: Economic policy
Belgian Government Goes; INTERNATIONAL. Prime Minister Yves Leterme has offered King Albert II the resignation of his government after...steps in the crisis. Customarily, the Belgian monarch asks outgoing governments to remain...
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HOLOCAUST: Bearing Frozen Witness to Unspeakable Horror; It Is a Wonder They Were Able to Withstand the Cold. but Their Determination to Warn the World That Anti-Semitism Still Threatens the Universal Values of Humanity Was Etched in Their Frozen Faces
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 28, 2005
...President Dick Cheney, President Jacques Chirac of France, Belgians King Albert II, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Denmarks Prince...delivered a message from Polish-born Pope John Paul II and an ecumenical prayer was said. Never again, in...
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AUSCHWITZ REMEMBERED: 1, 000 Survivors Showed Inhumanity, Barbarity, and Insanity All Failed
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 28, 2005
...president Dick Cheney, president Jacques Chirac of France, Belgians King Albert II, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Denmarks Prince...delivered a message from Polish-born Pope John Paul II and an ecumenical prayer was said. The Earl of Wessex...
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encyclopedia articles on: Albert II King of the Belgians  - 10 results

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Albert II , King of the Belgians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALBERT II , king of the Belgians 1934 , king of the Belgians (1993 ), the younger son of Leopold III . He...Paola Ruffo de Calabria in 1959; they have three children. Albert became king when Baudouin , his brother, died childless...
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Albert I , King of the Belgians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALBERT I , king of the Belgians...king of the Belgians (1909 34...successor of Leopold II . He married...Allied cause. Albert spent the entire...recovered the Belgian coast. The king...later King Humbert II ) of Italy. See...
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Leopold II , King of the Belgians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEOPOLD II , king of the Belgians 1835 1909, king of the Belgians (1865 1909), son and...turn over the Congo to the Belgian government (1908). In...succeeded by his nephew, Albert I . See A. Hochschild, King Leopolds Ghost (1998...
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Leopold I , King of the Belgians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEOPOLD I , king of the Belgians 1790 1865, king of the Belgians (1831...prince regent (later King George IV) and heiress...England to his nephew Prince Albert . He was succeeded by his son, Leopold II . He was also the father...
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Wettin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...sons Ernest and Albert. The electoral...Coburg-Gotha the Belgian, the English...Leopold I of the Belgians, Prince Albert (consort of Queen...cousin of Prince Albert married Queen Maria II of Portugal and became king consort as Ferdinand...
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