Home Page
Royalty.nu > World > Europe > Belgium > Belgian News · Books About Belgium Help & FAQs



Royalty in Belgium


Kings of the Belgians since the establishment of the monarchy in 1831:

King Leopold I
Reigned 1831-1865

King Leopold II
Reigned 1865-1909

King Albert I
Reigned 1909-1934

King Leopold III
Reigned 1934-1951; abdicated
(his brother Charles was regent 1944-1950)

King Baudouin
Reigned 1951-1993

King Albert II
Reign 1993-Present


Royal News


July 10, 2010

July 9, 2010

July 8, 2010

July 1, 2010
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild

June 30, 2010

June 29, 2010

King Albert II is received by the President Kabila at the Palais de la Nation in Kinshasa, Congo on June 28, 2010 at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Independence of Congo. Photo by Eric Herchaft/Reporters/ABACAPRESS.COM Photo via Newscom

Belgium's King Albert II and President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Photo by Eric Herchaft/Reporters/ABACAPRESS.COM Photo via Newscom)
Photo provided by PicApp


June 14, 2010

June 4, 2010

June 1, 2010

May 12, 2010

May 7, 2010

65th Anniversary Of The End Of WWII With King Albert of Belgium

King Albert of Belgium (left) at a memorial ceremony for the end of WWII
(Photo by Mark Renders/Getty Images)
Photo provided by PicApp


May 5, 2010

April 26, 2010

April 24, 2010

April 23, 2010

View of the Laeken Royal Palace in Brussels

Royal castle of Laeken
(Photo: REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet)
Photo provided by PicApp


April 21, 2010

April 15, 2010

Belgium's Crown Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde arrive at an exhibition of flowers and gardens called the Floralies/Floralien in Ghent

Prince Philippe with his wife, Princess Mathilde, on his 50th birthday
(Photo: REUTERS/Francois Lenoir)
Photo provided by PicApp


April 1, 2010

March 25, 2010

March 24, 2010

March 23, 2010

Princess Mathilde of Belgium in India
Princess Mathilde in India
(Photo by Olivier Polet/Reporters/ABACAPRESS.COM Photo via Newscom)
Photo provided by PicApp


March 22, 2010

March 18, 2010

March 16, 2010

March 10, 2010

March 4, 2010

February 25, 2010

February 22, 2010

February 16, 2010

February 10, 2010

February 8, 2010

February 5, 2010

Belgian Crown Princes Visits CPAS Mons

Princess Mathilde of Belgium
(Photo by Coralie Cardon/Reporters/ABACAPRESS.COM. Photo provided by PicApp)


January 27, 2010

January 26, 2010

January 20, 2010

January 19, 2010

January 13, 2010

January 5, 2010


Books About Belgian Royalty

Unless otherwise noted, these books are for sale at Amazon.com. Your purchase through these links will help to support the continued operation and improvement of the Royalty.nu site.

Book Categories: History, Leopold I, Leopold II, Albert I, Leopold III, Fiction, Franks, Habsburgs, European Royalty

History and Politics

A Throne in Brussels: Britain, the Saxe-Coburgs and the Belgianisation of Europe by Paul Belien. Looks at the history of Belgium and its royal family, and argues that both Belgium and the European Union are artificial states that could fall apart.

The Dining Nobility: From the Burgundian Dukes to the Belgian Royalty edited by Paul Janssens and Siger Zeischka. Looks at what the Belgian nobility ate from the Middle Ages to modern times. This book is in English and French. The French title is La Noblesse á Table.

Belgium: A History by Bernard A. Cook.

The Low Countries, 1780-1940 (Oxford History of Modern Europe) by E. H. Kossmann. This history of Belgium and the Netherlands is the first major study in English to treat them as nations in their own right, while placing them in a wider European and world context.

Historical Dictionary of Belgium by Robert Staellaerts. Highlights significant people, describes political and social institutions, and touches on Belgian culture.

A House Divided by Carl Strikwerda. Belgian politics before World War I.

King Leopold I

Charlotte & Leopold: The True Story of The Original People's Princess by James Chambers. The tragic true story of the doomed romance between Charlotte, heir to the British throne, and Leopold, first King of the Belgians.

My Dearest Uncle: A Life of Leopold, First King of the Belgians by Joanna Richardson. Biography. Out of print, but sometimes available from AbeBooks.

King Leopold II

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild. King Leopold II did not much care for his native land or his subjects. Even so, he searched the globe to find a colony for Belgium. When he found a suitable location in what would become the Belgian Congo, Leopold established a rule of terror. (This review © Amazon.com.)

King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule by Mark Twain. Criticism of King Leopold II is nothing new, as this sarcastic 1905 work proves.

The King Incorporated: Leopold the Second and the Congo by Neal Ascherson. Recounts King Leopold's exploitation of the Congolese and his efforts to conceal these atrocities from the rest of the world. Out of print, but available from Alibris.

Leopold II of the Belgians: King of Colonialism by Barbara Emerson. A 1979 biography of the unpopular king. Sometimes available from Alibris.

Leopold the Unloved: King of the Belgians and of Money by Ludwig Bauer. Published in 1934. Sometimes available from Alibris.

More Books About Congo

Children's Books

Leopold II: Butcher of the Congo by Tod Olson. Children's biography of the infamous Belgian king from the "Wicked History" series.

King Albert I

Albert: King of the Belgians by Evelyn Graham. An authorized biography, first published in 1929. Illustrated.

King Leopold III

Outrageous Fortune by Roger Keyes. King Leopold III was accused of treason for surrendering to the Germans in World War II, but Keyes says he was a scapegoat who saved the British from defeat in 1940. Out of print, but available from Alibris.

More Books About Leopold III

Fiction

All for Love by Dan Jacobson. It was a great European scandal: She was Princess Louise, daughter of King Leopold II of the Belgians. Her lover was Second Lieutenant Géza Mattachich. Ahead of them lay assignations, a duel, imprisonment, bankruptcy, madness.

Back to Top of Page


Related Topics

Royalty in the Netherlands
The Frankish Empire
European Royalty
The Habsburgs
World Royal News
World Royal History


Other Sites

Monarchie (official site)
Belgium - The Monarchy
Belgian Tourist Office - History of Belgium
Belgian Monarchy
Belgian Federal Government Online
Baudouin and Fabiola
The Prince Philippe Fund
Hello! Royalty - Belgium
King Albert I of Belgium
The Belgian Succession
Wikipedia - Belgium
The Benelux Royals Message Board



Site Map



Royalty.nu

© Copyright by Cinderella.
All rights reserved.

You are viewing http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/Belgium.html