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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. 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 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 2,904,282 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Albert I of Belgium is the 653rd most popular politician (up from 686th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 26th in 2019) and the 10th 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 653 out of 19,576. Before him are Ptolemy III Euergetes, Louis, Dauphin of France, Hassan Rouhani, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Georgi Dimitrov, and Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. After him are Béla IV of Hungary, Alexander Van der Bellen, Jadwiga of Poland, Ptolemy XII Auletes, Darius II, and Charles IV of Spain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Albert I of Belgium ranks 12. Before him are Ibn Saud, Ferdinand Porsche, Mileva Marić, Syngman Rhee, Gerd von Rundstedt, and Jeanne Calment. After him are Aleister Crowley, Mikhail Kalinin, Vallabhbhai Patel, Gilbert N. Lewis, Henry Hallett Dale, and John Buchan. Among people deceased in 1934, Albert I of Belgium ranks 7. Before him are Marie Curie, Paul von Hindenburg, Lev Vygotsky, Fritz Haber, Edward Elgar, and Ernst Röhm. After him are Raymond Poincaré, Kurt von Schleicher, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Sergey Kirov, Nestor Makhno, and Engelbert Dollfuss.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Albert I of Belgium ranks 25 out of 1,190. Before him are Orlande de Lassus (1534), Georges Simenon (1903), Mary of Burgundy (1457), Agnès Varda (1928), Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), and Rogier van der Weyden (1390). After him are Samo (600), Baudouin of Belgium (1930), Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480), William III of the Netherlands (1817), Mary of Hungary (1505), and Georges Lemaître (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Albert I of Belgium ranks 10. Before him are Leopold II of Belgium (1835), Leopold III of Belgium (1901), Ursula von der Leyen (1958), Philip I of Castile (1478), Albert II of Belgium (1934), and Mary of Burgundy (1457). After him are Samo (600), Baudouin of Belgium (1930), Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480), William III of the Netherlands (1817), Mary of Hungary (1505), and Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697).

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