#albert i

[ttura77]

Hellooo, I was inspired by the Arab animator's animations on the theme of ww1 and ww2 — Hussein Abdullah \(⁠ ⁠╹⁠▽⁠╹⁠ ⁠)/

[dreamconsumer]

King Albert I of Belgium (1875-1934).

[fuckyeahhistorycrushes]

King Albert I of the Belgians (1875-1934)

I am very surprised that this man wasn’t brought up much in historical crush pages online—may I introduce you to King Albert I of the Belgians, the Soldier King (Le Roi-Cavalier). He was the king of Belgium during WWI, known for being one of the last few monarchs who fought in battle. Throughout the war he frequently visited the trenches and he was one of the allied commanders during the Hundred Days. After the war, up to his sudden death in 1934, he dedicated his life into rebuilding Belgium and the country became one of the most progressive and cosmopolitan countries in Europe in early 20th century. (Fun fact: he met Albert Einstein who was friends with his wife.) Besides being perhaps the best Belgian monarch ever, he was a very down to earth person and he loved rock climbing. In fact, despite all the rumours on him being murdered, he really died doing his favourite sport (see this news article).

My words can never do justice to his entire eventful life, but I would like to invite you all to appreciate this handsome man whose beauty has always been compared to Ryan Gosling. He always got that boyish look that I like in a man that makes him still very good-looking in his 50s—also he looks great in glasses. Despite being very tall (approximately 6’4/1.93m; my own estimate), also awkward, he looks very approachable and gosh, his personality just makes him even more charming.

Here’s one more picture of this beautiful man, hopefully to inspire you to learn about this underrated handsome boi.

This man really helped me start a lot of conversations just because he looks like Ryan Gosling and he is just too precious

[tiny-librarian]

Royal Birthdays for today, April 8th:

Peter I, King of Portugal, 1320

Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605

Mary Stuart, English Princess, 1605

Marie Caroline of Austria, Crown Princess of Saxony, 1801

Christian IX, King of Denmark, 1818

Albert I, King of Belgium, 1875

Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, 1930

Iskandar of Johor, Sultan of Johor, 1932

Lalla Amina, Princess of Morocco, 1954

Leah Isadora Behn, Daughter of Martha Louise of Norway, 2005

[elisabeth515]

@archduchessofnowhere I hope it’s okay to tag you as a fellow Albert et Elisabeth shipper; somehow Pinterest is such an interesting place that I can find loads of pics of this couple and I was like 🥺💖 soooo here are some more pics that I saved on my phone, enjoy!

1) this is me and my sleep paralysis demon 🧚✨💖

2) walk walk fashion baby (winter)

3) wheeee (one of the instances where Albert drags his wife along to rock climbing)

4) “darling let the paparazzi take a pic of us together” ((no

5) behind the scenes of that one family violin lesson pic that you can find in Getty images easily (meanwhile Albert is reading at the rate of 2 books in a day in the background)

6) scrunklies (apparently the tiara that Elisabeth is wearing in the picture was a gift from Albert on their 25th wedding anniversary)

They’re such a cute couple 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[thepompandcircumstance]

Nine Kings of Europe.

Nine monarchs of Europe gathered for the funeral of HM King Edward VII on May 20th, 1910. This photo was taken at Windsor Castle.

Standing, L-R:  King Haakon VII of Norway, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, King Manuel II of Portugal, Emperor William II of Germany, King George I of the Hellenes, and King Albert of the Belgians.

Seated, L-R:  King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King George V, and King Frederick VIII of Denmark.

[theartfulgene]

Illustrations from the voyages on the yacht of prince Albert I of Monaco (1848-1922). Albert was a keen oceanographer and owned four different research ships, which he used for his expeditions to survey the waters of the world. The prince would bring scientists on board and travel with them collecting data about ocean fauna, geology and meteorology. During his lifetime he established the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco and The Oceanographic Institute of Paris and provided much of his research and monetary resources to these institutions. 

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[tempushistoricus]

Albert 1e de Belgique à la Villa Maskens, La Panne, 1916