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King Albert was born in Brussels. He was the fifth child and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and his wife, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.
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King Albert I married Elisabeth, the Duchess en Baviere. They had three children. Leopold, the future Leopold III, Charles, the future Regent, and Marie-Jose.
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King Albert I founded the "Ibis" institution, a home and school for the orphans of fishermen.
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King Albert came to the throne is 1909 succeeding his uncle, Leopold II. He was the king of the Belgians throughout the war, organizing resistance to German occupation of much of Belgium.
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The enactment of the law introducing general military services (conscription to all the boys in the family).
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Garmany issued and ultimatum demanding that Belgiu alllow German forces access to to its territory. They did this so Germany could gain ready access to french borders. King Albert I resisted.
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King Albert I took effective command of the armed forces in accordance with Article 68 of the Constitution.
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Germany invaded Belgium on August 4th, 1914. They overran the countries' small army. They foreced King Albert 1 to move the Belgian government to Le Havre.
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King Albert I visited the Congo, where upon seeing the poor condition of Leopold II's former colony, he urged technological development and better treatment of the natives in the area.
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Albert I triumphantly re-entered Brussels having successfully commanded the Belgian army in the Autumn 1918 courtral offensive.
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King Albert I talked about many things during his speech in 1918. He talked about the introduction of universal suffrage, effective equality of the two national languages. He recognized of trade union freedoms and the extension of social legislation.
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Creation, on the initiative of King Albert I, of the National Scientific Research Fund (FNRS) to encourage industrial development.
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King Albert I died tragically following a fatal fall in the rocks of Marche-les-Dames. A large number of veterans of the front accompanied their Commander to his final resting place.
