Kingdom of Belgium Koninkrijk België Royaume de Belgique Königreich Belgien | ||||||
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Motto Eendracht maakt macht, L'union fait la force and Einigkeit gibt Stärke (Dutch, French and German: Unity gives Strength) | ||||||
Anthem La Brabançonne | ||||||
Capital | Brussels | |||||
Languages | French, Dutch and German | |||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | |||||
Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy | |||||
Monarch | ||||||
- | 1831-1865 | Leopold I | ||||
- | 1865-1909 | Leopold II | ||||
- | 1909-1918 | Albert | ||||
Prime Minister | ||||||
- | 1831 (first) | Etienne Constantin de Gerlache | ||||
- | 1911-1918 (last) | Charles de Broqueville | ||||
Legislature | Federal Parliament | |||||
- | Upper house | Senate | ||||
- | Upper house | Chamber of Representatives | ||||
Historical era | 19th Century | |||||
- | Established | 1830 | ||||
- | Disestablished | 1918 | ||||
Currency | Belgian franc | |||||
Today part of | Flanders France Luxembourg |
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, was a nation that once existed in the Low Countries region of Europe from 1830 to the end of the First World War in 1918.