The American adventure is over. The Corps set sail and cross the Atlantic, arriving in Bordeaux, France on 24 June 1918. On 15 July the unit of King Albert’s Heroes is officially disbanded. The men get a two-month leave and are then distributed among various Belgian army units. They do not lose touch with each though. They form the Fraternelle Amicale des ACM; the oldest Belgian association of World War One veterans. They publish their own Bulletin, the last issue of which appears in 1976, when there were still 30 ACM veterans left. Based on the letters written during their engagement and marriage (cited extensively in the memoirs of their daughter, Marie-José) the young couple appear to have been deeply in love. The letters express a deep mutual affection based on a rare affinity of spirit. [4] They also make clear that Albert and Elisabeth continually supported and encouraged each other in their challenging roles as king and queen. The spouses shared an intense commitment to their country and family and a keen interest in human progress of all kinds. Together, they cultivated the friendship of prominent scientists, artists, mathematicians, musicians, and philosophers, turning their court at Laeken into a kind of cultural salon. [4] [5] Children [ edit ] As the book was being prepared in the autumn of 1914, no one knew how the tragedy of the First World War would unfold – there was still hope that it would all be over fairly swiftly. What seemed to be a heroic defence of a sovereign state was the primary concern of the book's contributors, little knowing how long the conflict would continue and how the greater tragedy of the war would supersede this event. D'Ydewalle, Charles. "Albert King of the Belgians"(1935) Translated by Phyllis Megroz D'Ydewalle a journalist describes his book in the foreword.."This book is not a history, it is a sheaf of memories" The final chapter contains interviews with the people who discovered the king's body after his climbing accident Koninklijke Crypte van Laken". Monarchie (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 11 October 2018 . Retrieved 10 October 2018.

Albert was born in Brussels as the fifth child and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Albert succeeded his uncle Leopold II to the Belgian throne in 1909. He married Elisabeth of Bavaria, with whom he had three children.Albert was a committed conservationist and in 1925, influenced by the ideas of Carl E. Akeley, he founded Africa's first national park, now known as Virunga National Park, in what is now Democratic Republic of Congo. During this period, he was also the first reigning European monarch to visit the United States. [21] Death [ edit ] Van Ypersele, Laurence (2006). Le roi Albert: Histoire d'un mythe. Charleroi: Broché. ISBN 978-2804021764. Mary Elizabeth Thomas, "Anglo-Belgian Military Relations and the Congo Question, 1911–1913", Journal of Modern History, Vol. 25, No. 2 (June 1953), pp.157–165. a b c d Luciano Regolo. La regina incompresa: tutto il racconto della vita di Maria José di Savoia. Albert was married in Munich on 2 October 1900 to Bavarian Duchess Elisabeth Gabrielle Valérie Marie, a Wittelsbach princess whom he had met at a family funeral. A daughter of Bavarian Duke Karl-Theodor, and his second wife, the Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, she was born at Possenhofen Castle, Bavaria, Germany, on 25 July 1876, and died on 23 November 1965.

In this first episode, narrated by the writer and producer Paul Dodgson, there are little known poems by Rudyard Kipling and Edith Wharton, and spirited rhetoric in praise of King Albert from the pen of former prime minister The Earl of Rosebury. DNA Tests Quash King Albert I Death Conspiracy Theory". New Historian. 24 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016 . Retrieved 26 July 2016. Galet, Emile Joseph. Albert King of the Belgians in the Great War (1931), detailed memoir by the military advisor to the King; covers 1912 to the end of October 1914 Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) was King of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934.

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a b "Belgians Greeted In California". San Diego Union and Daily Bee. 11 October 1919 . Retrieved 16 March 2023. The little-known “Around The World In Three Years” odyssey of a group of Belgian soldiers during the First World War. They were given the name “King Albert’s Heroes”. Raskin, Evrard (2005). Elisabeth Van België - Een ongewone koningin. Antwerp: Hautekiet. ISBN 905240822X. The Belgian Government sent the King to the Paris Peace Conference in April 1919, where he met with the leaders of France, Britain and the United States. He had four strategic goals: Like his predecessors Leopold I and Leopold II, King Albert is interred in the Royal Crypt at the Church of Our Lady of Laeken in Brussels. [27]

Marie-José Charlotte Sophie Amélie Henriette Gabrielle, last Queen of Italy (4 August 1906, in Ostend – 27 January 2001). She was married at Rome, Italy on 8 January 1930 to Prince Umberto Nicola Tommaso Giovanni Maria, Prince of Piemonte (born 15 September 1904 and died on 18 March 1983 at Geneva, Switzerland). He became King Umberto II (r. 1946) of Italy. Accession [ edit ] Newspaper compilation in December 1909 shows Albert at top left after inspection of a mine. His wife and children are at bottom right. The book “King Albert’s Heroes” by August Thiry details the incredible global odyssey of a group of 400 Belgian soldiers during the First World War. This is the Belgian Expeditionary Corps of Armoured Cars ( Corps Expeditionnaire des Autos-Canons-Mitrailleuses Belges, or ACM).The civil wedding was conducted by Friedrich Krafft Graf von Crailsheim in the Throne Hall, [3] and the religious wedding was conducted by Cardinal von Stein, assisted by Jakob von Türk, Confessionar of the King of Bavaria. [3] Marie-José, Queen, Consort of Umberto II, King of Italy. Albert et Elisabeth de Belgique, mes parents.

The King Albert I Memorial in Nieuwpoort is dedicated to king Albert and the Belgian troops during the Great War. Read by/ Kenneth Cranham, Tim McMullan, and Harriet Walter, Producer/ Paul Dodgson for a Pier production William Mark Adams (2004). Against Extinction: The Story of Conservation. Earthscan. p.5. ISBN 9781849770415.Trip to the United States [ edit ] King Albert at Columbia University after receiving an honorary degree, 1919