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Albert I of Belgium

1875 - 1934

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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. Albert was born in Brussels as the fifth child and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Albert succeeded his uncle Leopold II to the Belgian throne in 1909. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albert I of Belgium has received more than 2,776,492 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia. Albert I of Belgium is the 687th most popular politician (down from 577th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 21st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Belgian Politician.

Albert I of Belgium is most famous for being the first king of the Belgians. He was a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which was a branch of the House of Wettin.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Albert I of Belgium ranks 687 out of 15,577Before him are Afonso I of Portugal, Augustus III of Poland, Nebuchadnezzar I, Gwangjong of Goryeo, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, and Louis the Stammerer. After him are Yuan Shikai, Enver Pasha, Edvard Beneš, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Enrico Dandolo, and Childeric III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Albert I of Belgium ranks 13Before him are Jeanne Calment, Gerd von Rundstedt, Ibn Saud, Syngman Rhee, Mileva Marić, and Aleister Crowley. After him are Mikhail Kalinin, Marie of Romania, Vallabhbhai Patel, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Gilbert N. Lewis, and Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Among people deceased in 1934, Albert I of Belgium ranks 7Before him are Marie Curie, Paul von Hindenburg, Lev Vygotsky, Fritz Haber, Ernst Röhm, and Edward Elgar. After him are Kurt von Schleicher, John Dillinger, Sergey Kirov, Raymond Poincaré, Nestor Makhno, and Alexander I of Yugoslavia.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Albert I of Belgium ranks 26 out of 1,019Before him are Frans Hals (1582), Leopold III of Belgium (1901), Georges Simenon (1903), Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480), Georges Lemaître (1894), and Jacques Rogge (1942). After him are Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Jacques Brel (1929), Mary of Hungary (1505), Baudouin of Belgium (1930), and César Franck (1822).

Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Albert I of Belgium ranks 11Before him are Philip I of Castile (1478), Albert II of Belgium (1934), Mary of Burgundy (1457), Ursula von der Leyen (1958), Leopold III of Belgium (1901), and Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480). After him are Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Mary of Hungary (1505), Baudouin of Belgium (1930), William III of the Netherlands (1817), Eleanor of Austria (1498), and Pepin of Herstal (635).