Albert II, who succeeded Baudoin I as king of this country, had been expected to refuse the throne
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King Albert II of Belgium - Wikipedia  Albert II (born 6 June 1934) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1993 until his abdication in ... He then announced that on 21 July, he would abdicate the throne for health ... King Leopold III, accompanied by Prince Baudouin and Prince Albert, .... after the abdication, and has since been styled as His Majesty King Albert II of...
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Belgian Royals | Unofficial Royalty | Page 3  Jul 22, 2014 ... On July 21, 2013, Elisabeth's grandfather King Albert II abdicated in favor of her ... On July 31, 1993, his uncle King Baudouin died suddenly at his vacation ... Mathilde has been very active in charity work particularly with UNICEF .... Albert succeeded to the throne, and Paola became Queen of the Belgians.
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Albert II facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ...  The sixth king of the Belgians, Albert II (born 1934), succeeded to the throne upon the ... The throne of Belgium was no longer itself in peril, as it had been under ... in 1950, Baudoin had brought stability but not harmony to a country gripped by...
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King Baudouin of Belgium - Wikipedia  Baudouin or Boudewijn (7 September 1930  31 July 1993) reigned as King of the Belgians, ... More controversial had been Leopold's decision to surrender to Nazi ... In 1990, when Baudouin refused to sign into law a bill permitting abortion, the ... He was succeeded by his younger brother, who became King Albert II.
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King Edward VII - Wikipedia  Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and .... Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had already decided that Edward and Alexandra should marry. They met at...
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Ethelred the Unready | king of England | Britannica.com  Sep 27, 2016 ... Ethelred the Unready, also spelled Aethelred, also called Ethelred II, ... Nearly all of the country was ravaged, and Ethelred's efforts to buy peace only made ... that Ethelred's government was more effective than was once believed. ... and again when Olaf invaded with the Danish king Sweyn I Forkbeard in.
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List of heirs to the Monegasque throne - Wikipedia, the free ...  These are the individuals who, at any given time, were considered next in line to inherit the ... The first Lady of Monaco, Claudine Grimaldi, abdicated in favour of her cousin .... Hereditary Prince Albert, son, 20 June 1856, father became Prince...
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Edward VIII abdication crisis - Wikipedia  In 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King-Emperor Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was pursuing a divorce of her second. The marriage was opposed by the governments of the United Kingdom and ... Judging by the letters from British subjects living in foreign countries where...
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The Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor: Wedding Wednesday: Queen ...  Jan 18, 2012 ... HRH Prince Albert, Prince of Lige and Donna Paola Ruffo di ... July 2, 1959 ... King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola were very much against the idea of a ..... I agree with all comments - a beautiful Princess in a bad dress. ... In the Benelux countries it indeed was custom before Vaticanum II ... Recent Events.
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Francis II of France - Wikipedia  Francis II (19 January 1544  5 December 1560) was a monarch of the House of ... A little over a year after his marriage, on 10 July 1559, Francis became king at the ... but since she was still in mourning for the loss of her husband, she directed ..... After only 17 months on the throne, Francis II died on 5 December 1560 in...
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King Leopold III | The Belgian Monarchy  1909 On the death of Leopold II, Albert acceded to the throne and Leopold ... On 7 September, birth of Prince Baudouin, future King of the Belgians (1951-1993).
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Manuel II | king of Portugal | Britannica.com  Manuel II, (born Nov. 15, 1889, Lisbon, Port.died July 2, 1932, Twickenham, London, Eng.) king of Portugal from 1908 to 1910, when the republic was declared. ... Manuel was the younger son of King Charles and Queen Marie Amlie. ... Only age 18 at his accession, Charless younger son ...
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Edward VIII abdication crisis - Wikipedia  In 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King-Emperor Edward VIII .... At a tearful departure, the King told her, "I shall never give you up. .... In the proposed speech, Edward indicated his desire to remain on the throne or to...
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BELGIUM ROYAL FAMILY - Foro Real  King Albert II was born in Brussels at the Chteau du Stuyvenberg on June 6, 1934. ... Baudouin who took the oath on July 17, 1951 and became the fifth King of the ... nature, official ceremonies in Belgium and abroad, receptions with country...
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Free Flashcards about HISTORIC LEADERS - StudyStack  AFTER DECLINING THE THRONE OF THIS COUNTRY, LEOPOLD I BECAME THE KING OF BELGIUM IN 1831, GREECE. SHE'S PRINCESS OF...
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Leopold I | king of Belgium | Britannica.com  First king of the Belgians (183165), who helped strengthen the nation's new parliamentary ... as king of the Belgians, having declined the Greek crown the previous year. ... After the accession of a hostile regime under Napoleon III in France (1852), ... On July 21, 1831, Leopold ascended the throne, promising to support the...
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 14 | 1958: 'Bonny' Prince Albert of Monaco born  A celebratory 101-gun salute has been fired in Monaco after Princess Grace ... 14 March ... A treaty between the two countries in 1918 stipulated if there was ever no heir to Monaco's throne the principality would become subject to French laws...
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13. The Designation of David as King (1 Samuel 16:1-23) | Bible.org  May 25, 2004 ... If God has rejected Saul as Israel's king and is about to appoint ..... Saul summons David in a polite way, but it is also an offer no one dares to refuse the king. ... evil spirit, David plays his harp and soothes the troubled spirit of the king. ... David's early designation as Israel's future king thus becomes a test.
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Napoleon I of France - Wikiquote  Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. ... I have made up my mind, if I cannot be master I shall leave France; I do not choose ... who ultimately gave up power when he invited Charles II in and enabled the English Restoration ... he, faithful to his oath, declares that he is ready to descend from the throne,...
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Anthony Eden - Wikipedia  Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897  14 January 1977) was a ... Two months after ordering an end to the Suez operation he resigned as ..... In January 1925 Eden, disappointed not to have been offered a position, ... opposing "undue" French disarmament as this might require Britain to take...
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King Baudouin of Belgium - Wikipedia  Baudouin or Boudewijn (7 September 1930  31 July 1993) reigned as King of the Belgians, .... of Brabant; 17 July 1951 - 31 July 1993: His Majesty King Baudouin of the Belgians ..... Official biography from the Belgian Royal Family website...