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De Spiegeleer, Christoph (2015). "Royal Losses, Symbolic Politics and Media Events in Interwar Europe: Responses to the Accidental Deaths of King Albert I and Queen Astrid of Belgium (1934–1935)".
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652:Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
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583:Equestrian Statue of King Albert I
476:Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
425:Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
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2489:Anton ou la trajectoire d'un père
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359:Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
354:Leopold III, King of the Belgians
4185:Princes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
3761:Hereditary Prince Johann Leopold
3288:Princes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
2989:Portraits of Albert I of Belgium
2972:, Royal museum of central Africa
2596:"House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha"
2437:"Belgians Greeted In California"
1696:Ancestors of Albert I of Belgium
513:in June 1919, the ruling of the
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3246:Royal Decree of 2 December 1991
3116:Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant
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2778:"Koninklijke Crypte van Laken"
2465:. Sunstone Press, 2009, p. 94.
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1645:Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1568:
1494:Belgian general strike of 1913
1490:Belgian general strike of 1893
1425:made an official visit to the
1327:, photographed on 20 May 1910.
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1058:family. Albert grew up in the
99:You may also add the template
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4340:Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
4165:20th-century Belgian monarchs
2910:Contemporary European History
2441:San Diego Union and Daily Bee
2231:Albert 1er: le roi sans terre
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1032:, and the younger brother of
731:Clémentine, Princess Napoléon
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482:, Albert succeeded his uncle
144:
4360:Accidental deaths in Belgium
2842:Albert, King of the Belgians
2422:. E.P. Dutton & Company.
2244:Albert, King of the Belgians
2196:Kings of Belgium family tree
2083:Charles, Grand Duke of Baden
1652:Church of Our Lady of Laeken
1609:Democratic Republic of Congo
1468:. Docher offered the King a
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657:Charlotte, Empress of Mexico
306:Church of Our Lady of Laeken
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4160:19th-century Belgian people
3405:Crown Prince Louis Philippe
3090:Crown Prince Louis-Philippe
2980:20th Century Press Archives
2970:Archive Albert I of Belgium
2859:(1975) 25#9 pp. 638–43
2620:William Mark Adams (2004).
2491:, L'Harmattan, 2013, p.174.
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2109:Princess Josephine of Baden
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1682:Albert I commemorative coin
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2868:Portraits with Backgrounds
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2647:Noterman, Jacques (2004).
2416:Sorchan, Beatrice (1921).
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1867:Princess Louise of Orléans
1841:Louis Philippe I of France
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1673:, an association based in
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1064:Prince Baudouin of Belgium
1034:King Leopold II of Belgium
766:Marie-José, Queen of Italy
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2626:. Earthscan. p. 5.
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2141:Stéphanie de Beauharnais
1643:and colleagues from the
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1457:, King Albert decorated
1323:for the funeral of King
676:Princess Joséphine Marie
601:during his visit in 1909
597:King Albert touring the
587:Royal Library of Belgium
4210:Sport deaths in Belgium
4205:Belgian Roman Catholics
4067:Baron Surlet de Chokier
3771:Prince Friedrich Josias
3646:Prince Joseph Ferdinand
2672:Raskin, Evrard (2005).
2399:"Ovation is Given King"
1635:region of Belgium near
1625:Roche du Vieux Bon Dieu
1441:, the King awarded the
1319:The nine sovereigns at
897:Princess Laetitia Maria
110:For more guidance, see
4200:British field marshals
4175:Nobility from Brussels
3631:Prince Leopold Clement
2676:. Antwerp: Hautekiet.
2560:"The Belgian monarchy"
2021:Marie Antoinette Murat
1536:Paris Peace Conference
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1345:King Albert I Memorial
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4215:Mountaineering deaths
4145:Belgian royal princes
3641:Prince August Leopold
3594:Duke Charles Edward I
3065:Belgian royal princes
2866:Catherine Barjansky.
2848:Galet, Emile Joseph.
2701:. Charleroi: Broché.
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3636:Prince Pedro Augusto
3574:Prince Albert Victor
3516:Prince Ludwig August
3075:Leopold I of Belgium
3016:King of the Belgians
2545:Margaret MacMillan,
2520:Charles d'Ydewalle,
2323:Charles d'Ydewalle.
1747:Leopold I of Belgium
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882:Princess Maria Laura
511:Treaty of Versailles
488:Elisabeth of Bavaria
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319:Elisabeth of Bavaria
156:King of the Belgians
4055:Monarchs of Belgium
2726:. Greenwich House.
2549:(2003) pp. 106, 272
2476:The Indian sentinel
2463:The Padre of Isleta
2461:Keleher and Chant.
1925:Albert I of Belgium
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1464:with Knight in the
1443:Order of Leopold II
1411:Columbia University
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