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    Belgium (redirect from België)
    Outline of Belgium Dutch: België [ˈbɛlɣijə] ; French: Belgique [bɛlʒik] ; German: Belgien [ˈbɛlɡi̯ən] Dutch: Koninkrijk België; French: Royaume de Belgique;...
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    Arango, Ramon (1961). Leopold III and the Belgian Royal Question. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. p. 9. ISBN 9780801800405. Van Kalken, Frans (1950)...
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  • The grand cordon of the Order of Leopold is the highest and oldest rank of chivalry and a formal diplomatic gift of the Kingdom of Belgium. This honour...
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    Albert I of Belgium (category Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II)
    eastern Belgium in 1934, at the age of 58, and he was succeeded by his son Leopold III (r. 1934–1951). He is popularly referred to as the Knight King (Dutch:...
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    was also changed in 1920 by King Albert I to "de Belgique" (French), "van België" (Dutch) or "von Belgien" (German), meaning "of Belgium". However, the...
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    became Queen of the Belgians as the first wife of King Leopold III. Following her marriage to Leopold in November 1926, she assumed the title of Duchess of...
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    activity.” The first three cabinets led by Van Acker were short-lived because of the crisis pertaining to Leopold III which held Belgium in its grip from 1944...
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    Légion d’Honneur - 15 novembre 2006 Jan Puype, De elite van België - Welkom in de club, Van Halewyck Message from the President Introduction Wikimedia...
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    would endure until 1944. The surrender of 28 May was ordered by King Leopold III without the consultation of his government and sparked a political crisis...
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    Hubert de Vries. Wapens van de Nederlanden: De historische ontwikkeling van de heraldische symbolen van Nederlanden, België, hun provincies en Luxemburg...
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    duiken nieuwe foto's van kandidaat-officier Van België in kaki uniform op? [And suddenly new photos of candidate officer Van België in khaki uniform appear...
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    "Pedigree Chart for Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria: Genealogics". "Koningin van België neemt bad Nederlands". de Volkskrant. 25 November 1998. Retrieved 17 February...
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    organisations. Leopold III became King of the Belgians in 1934, following the death of his father Albert I in a mountaineering accident. Leopold was one of...
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    the Council of the Koninklijke Vereniging der Historische Woonsteden van België/Association Royale des Demeures Historiques de Belgique. Since 2005, he...
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    Soerabaia. Nederl.-Indië's Geschenk - Aan Koning Leopold en Koningin Astrid van België een schilderij van Willem van der Does, De Kunst Amsterdam, No.1358, 19...
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    Elisabeth 'Van België' heette in het leger en Gabriël 'Van Saksen-Coburg' is" [Why Elisabeth was called 'Van Belgium' in the army and Gabriel is 'Van Saksen-Coburg']...
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    The prime minister of Belgium (Dutch: Eerste minister van België; French: Premier ministre de Belgique; German: Premierminister von Belgien) or the premier...
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    Belgium to become an authoritarian dictatorship under the rule of King Leopold III. In July 1941, the German occupation authorities became suspicious of...
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    winnaars De 10 beste musea - België. Nr. 3 - Lange Max Museum - 01/09/2016 Raf Seys, Commeine L.: Lange Max : het groot kanon van Leugenboom, Devriendt, Koekelare...
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    members, who advocated a strong Belgian authoritarian regime around King Leopold III, however, joined the resistance against the German occupation. Verdinaso...
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  • politician "Leopold III, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019. Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and...
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  • February – Leopold III sworn in as King, following the death of his father Albert I, on 17 February.: 834  28 March – Socialist savings bank Bank van de Arbeid...
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    monarch met a representative from a far-right party since 1936, when King Leopold III met the representatives of the Rexist Party. On 30 May, King Philippe...
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  • noblewoman "Leopold III, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019. Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and...
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    the Rape of Belgium. During the 1940 invasion, the quick surrender by Leopold III of Belgium to German forces drove a wedge between the King and his people...
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    Macron, President van de Franse Republiek en mevrouw Brigitte Macron aan België plaatsvinden". Twitter. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved...
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    Region). Retrieved 5 May 2007.[dead link] "2.738.486 inwoners van vreemde afkomst in België op 01/01/2012" [2,738,486 inhabitants of foreign origin in Belgium...
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    Legion changed its name to "Army of Belgium" (Armée de Belgique or Leger van België) and subsequently to the Secret Army (Armée Secrete or Geheim Leger) in...
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    Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen 1971, p. 4-4b. Jan Lea Broeckx in Musea van België. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten te Antwerpen. Moderne meesters...
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    (2007), Congo. De impact van de kolonie op België. Tielt: Lannoo, pp. 129–131. Nzongola-Ntalaja, G. (2002). The Congo: From Leopold to Kabila: A People's...
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