This is a list of Belgian monarchs from 1831 when the first Belgian king, Leopold I, ascended the throne, after

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

seceded from the

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during the

Belgian Revolution The Belgian Revolution (, ) was the conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces (mainly the former Southern Netherlands) from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium. T ...

of 1830. Under the

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, the Belgian monarch is styled "King of the Belgians" (, , ) rather than "King of Belgium" in order to reflect the monarchy's

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and popular function. Since 1831, there have been seven Kings of the Belgians and two regents.

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ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:50 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = late DateFormat=dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:1830 till:2020 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1830 Colors = id:king value:green legend: king id:regent value:blue legend: regent Legend = columns:4 left:150 top:24 columnwidth:100 TextData = pos:(20,27) textcolor:black fontsize:M text:"Title:" BarData = barset:PM PlotData= align:left fontsize:S shift:(3,-4) anchor:from width:15 barset:PM from: 25/02/1831 till: 20/07/1831 color:regent text:" Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier" fontsize:8 from: 04/06/1831 till: 10/12/1865 color:king text:" Leopold I" fontsize:10 from: 17/12/1865 till: 17/12/1909 color:king text:" Leopold II" fontsize:10 from: 23/12/1909 till: 17/02/1934 color:king text:"

Albert I Albert I may refer to: People Born before 1300 *Albert I, Count of Vermandois (917–987) *Albert I, Count of Namur () * Albert I of Moha *Albert I of Brandenburg (), first margrave of Brandenburg *Albert I, Margrave of Meissen (1158–1195) *Alber ...

" fontsize:10 from: 23/02/1934 till: 16/07/1951 color:king text:" Leopold III" fontsize:10 from: 20/09/1944 till: 20/07/1950 color:regent text:"

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

" fontsize:8 from: 17/07/1951 till: 31/07/1993 color:king text:" Baudouin" fontsize:10 from: 09/08/1993 till: 21/07/2013 color:king text:" Albert II" fontsize:10 from: 21/07/2013 till: end color:king text:" Philippe" fontsize:10

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Rulers of BelgiumHistory of the Belgian Monarchy
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