Albert I accompanied by 2 guides in the Italian Dolomites
Albert I (1875 – 1934) reigned as King of the Belgians
from 1909 through 1934. This was a crucial period in the History of Belgium
since it included the period of World War I (1914 - 1918) when 99 percent of Belgium
was overrun, occupied, and ruled by the German Empire.
Other crucial events included the adoption of the Treaty
of Versailles, the ruling of the Belgian Congo as an overseas possession of the
Kingdom of Belgium ,
the reconstruction of Belgium
following the war, and the first five years of the Great Depression (1929 -
1934). King Albert was killed in a mountaineering accident in eastern Belgium in
1934, at the age of 58, and he was succeeded by his son Leopold.
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