België / Belgique / Belgien (Belgium)
959 - 1190 Part of the Duchy of Lower Lorraine
26 Jun 1548 Under the Habsburg dynasty, consisting of:
- Duchy of Brabant
- Duchy of Limburg
- Duchy of Luxembourg
- County of Artois
- County of Flanders
- County of Hainaut
- County of Namur
- Lordship of Mechelen
- City of Tournai
16 Jan 1556 Spanish Netherlands
26 Jul 1581 Independence of the Dutch Republic, Southern Netherlands
(Catholic Netherlands), remains under Spanish rule
08 May 1713 Ceded to Austria as a consequence of the War of
Spanish succession (Austrain Netherlands)
May 1745 - 18 Oct 1748 Occupied by France
24 Oct 1789 - 07 Dec 1790 United Belgian States (in rebellion)
19 Nov 1792 - 09 Mar 1793 French occupation
27 Jul 1794 French occupation
01 Oct 1795 Annexed by France
18 Aug 1797 Ceded to France by Austria
15 Feb 1814 Belgian territory separated from France
15 Feb 1814 - 12 May 1815 Allied administration
12 May 1815 Part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
24 Sep 1830 Administrative Commission established by revolutionary forces
04 Oct 1830 Independence proclaimed
07 Feb 1831 - Kingdom of Belgium
04 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 Occupied by Germany
20 Sep 1920 Eupen-Malmedy annexed from Germany
10 May 1940 - 03 Sep 1944 Occupied by Germany
01 Jan 1958 Accession to the EEC
Habsburg Netherlands
Dukes
1482 - 16 Jan 1556 The Dukes of Burgundy
16 Jan 1556 - 08 May 1713 The Kings of Spain
08 May 1713 - 17 Oct 1797 The Archdukes of Austria
Governors-General
1485 - 1486 Engelbrecht II von Nassau (1st Time)
1486 - 1494 Albrecht III, Herzog von Sashsen,
Markgraf von Meissen
1501 - 31 May 1504 Engelbrecht II von Nassau (2nd Time)
1504 - 1507 Guillaume II de Croÿ, sieur de Chièvres
1507 - 01 Dec 1530 Margarete Erzherzogin von Österreich
Jan 1531 - 25 Oct 1555 Maria Erzherzogin von Habsburg,
Infanta de Aragon y Castilla
25 Oct 1555 - 27 Jul 1559 Emmanuele Filiberto, ducca di Savoia
27 Jul 1559 - 30 Dec 1567 Margareta de Parma
01 Jan 1568 - 29 Nov 1573 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, duque, d'Alba
29 Nov 1573 - 05 Mar 1576 Luis de Zuniga y Requesens
03 Nov 1576 - 01 Oct 1578 Juan de Austria
20 Jan 1578 - 15 Mar 1580 Matthias Erzherzog von Österreich
01 Oct 1578 - 06 Dec 1592 Alessandro Farnese, ducca de Parma
06 Dec 1592 - Feb 1594 Peter Ernst Graf von Mansfeld
Feb 1594 - 12 Feb 1595 Ernst Erzherzog von Österreich
12 Feb 1595 - 1596 Pedro Henriquez d'Azevedo y Toledo,
conde de Fuetes
1596 - 1598 Albrecht Erzherzog von Österreich
06 May 1598 - 13 Jul 1621 Isabella Clara Eugenia de España
29 Nov 1621 - 1634 Francisco de Moncada
1634 - 09 Nov 1641 Fernando, Arzobispo de Toledo
11 Nov 1641 - 1644 Francisco de Mello, conde de Assumer,
marqués de Laguna
1644 - 1647 Emanuel de Moura-Cortereal,
marqués de Castel Rodrigo
1647 - 1656 Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von Österreich
1656 - Mar 1659 Johann Josef von Österreich
1659 - Sep 1664 Luis de Benavides Carillo,
marqués da Fromiata
1664 - Sep 1668 Francisco de Moura-Cortereal,
marqués de Castel Rodrigo
Sep 1668 - Jul 1670 Inigo Melchor Fernández de Valesco
y Tovar, duque de Feria
1670 - Feb 1675 Juan Domingo de Zúñiga y Fonseca,
duque de Monterrey y Fuentes
Feb 1675 - Dec 1677 Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea Borja y
Aragón, duque de Villahermosa
Jan 1678 - 1682 Alessandro Franese de Parma
1682 - 19 Jun 1685 Ottone Enrico dal Carreto,
conde de Millesimo
19 Jun 1685 - 02 Feb 1686 .....
02 Feb 1686 - 1692 Francisco António de Agurto,
marqués de Gastañaga .............................. 1640-1702
1692 - 23 Mar 1701 Maximilian Herzog von Bayern (1st Time) ............ 1662-1726
23 Mar 1701 - 07 Oct 1704 Jan van Brouchoven
Graf van Bergeyck
07 Oct 1704 - Jul 1706 Maximilian Herzog von Bayern (2nd Time)
01 Feb - Nov 1716 Josef Lothar Dominik Graf von
Königsegg-Rothenfels
Nov 1716 - 1717 Ercole Giuseppe Luigi Turinetti,
marchese de Prie
1717 - Nov 1724 Francesco Eugenio Princippe di Savoia-Carignano .... 1663-1736
Nov 1724 - 09 Oct 1725 Philipp Wirlich Lorenz Graf von Daun ............... 1669-1741
09 Oct 1725 - 26 Aug 1741 Maria Elisabeth Erzherzogin
von Österreich .................................... 1680-1741
26 Aug 1741 - 16 Mar 1743 Friedrich August Gervas Graf Harrach zu Rohrau ..... 1696-1749
16 Mar 1743 - 08 Jan 1744 Karl Ferdinand Graf von Königsegg-Erps
08 Jan - 16 Dec 1744 Maria Anna Erzherzogin von Österreich .............. 1718-1844
08 Jan 1744 - 16 Mar 1746 Karl Alexander Emmanuel von
Mothringen und Bar (1st Time) ..................... 1712-1780
Oct 1748 - 23 Apr 1749 Karl Josef Graf Batthyany
23 Apr 1749 - 04 Jul 1780 Karl Alexander Emmanuel von
Mothringen und Bar (2nd Time)
28 Jun 1780 - 1781 Georg Adam Fürst von Starhemberg
1781 - Jun 1787 Prinz Albrecht Kasimir August Herzog von
Sachsen-Teschen (1st Time) ........................ 1738-1822
Jun - Nov 1787 Josef Graf Murray
Nov 1787 - 12 Dec 1789 Richard Graf Alton
06 Dec 1790 - Jun 1791 Florimond Claude Graf Mercy-Argenteau
Jun 1791 - 19 Nov 1792 Albrecht Kasimir August Herzog von
Sachsen-Teschen (2nd Time)
09 Mar - 24 Mar 1793 Franz Karl Johann Nepomuk,
Graf von Metternich zu Winneburg
24 Mar 1793 - 02 Aug 1794 Karl Ludwig Erzherzog von Österreich ............... 1771-1847
Ministers Plenipotentiary
1716 L. C. von Königsegg
1716 - 1724 Ercole Giuseppe Lodovico Turinétti,
marchese di Priero ................................ 1658-1727
1724 - 1725 Wirich Philipp Lorenz Graf von und zu Daun ......... 1669-1741
(interim)
1726 - 1732 Giulio Visconti Borromeo Arese, comte di Brebbia ... 1664-1751
1732 - 1743 Friedrich August Gervasius Protasius
Graf von Harrach zu Rohrau und Thannhausen ........ 1696-1749
1743 - 1744 Karl Ferdinand Graf von Königsegg-Erps ............. 1696-1759
1744 - 1746 Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz-Rietberg ................. 1711-1794
1748 - 1749 Károly József Grof von Batthyány ................... 1697-1772
1749 - 1753 Anton Otto Marchese Botta d'Adorno ................. 1688-1774
1753 - 27 Jan 1770 Johann Karl Philipp Graf Cobenzl,
Freiherr zu Prosegg ............................... 1712-1770
1770 - 1783 Georg Adam Graf von Starhemberg .................... 1724-1807
1783 - 1787 Ludovico Luigi Carlo Maria di Barbiano
di Belgiojoso ..................................... 1728-1801
1787 Joseph Jacob Graf Murray de Melgum ................. 1718-1802
(interim)
1787 - 1789 Franz Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg ...... 1749-1827
1790 - 1791 Florimond-Claude, comte de Mercy-Argenteau ......... 1727-1794
1791 - 1794 Franz Georg Karl, comte de Metternich-Winneburg .... 1746-1818
United States of Belgium
Commander of the Patriotic Army
24 Oct 1789 - 11 Jan 1790 Jan Frans Vonck .................................... 1743-1792
Presidents of the Sovereign Congress
11 Jan - 08 Nov 1790 François de Nélis .................................. 1736-1798
08 Nov - 02 Dec 1790 Hendrik Herman Werner Frans Anton van Crumpipen .... 1738-1811
Prime Minister
11 Jan - 02 Dec 1790 Hendrik Karel Nicolaas van der Noot ................ 1731-1827
Kingdom of Belgium
Government: Federal Constitutional Monarchy.
Capital: Brussels.
Language: Flemish, Walloon, German, Letzumbergish.
Religion: Roman Catholic.
National Anthem: "La Brabançonne" (Song of Brabant).
National Emblem: Leo Belgicus
National Motto: Eendracht maakt macht/L'union fait la force (Strenth through unity).
National Day: 21st July, ascension of Léopold I (1831).
EU Accesion: Founding Member 1957.
Currency: Euro (Belgian Franc 1830-2001).
Kings
24 Sep 1830 - 25 Feb 1831 Administrative Commission
03 Feb 1831 Prince Louis d'Orléans, duc de Nemours ............. 1814-1896
(Proclaimed but declined the offer)
25 Feb - 21 Jul 1831 Étienne Constantin, Baron de Gerlache .............. 1769-1839
(Regent)
04 Jun 1831 - 10 Dec 1865 Wettin, Léopold I/Leopold I ........................ 1790-1865
(Prinz Leopold von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha,
Herzog von Sachsen)
17 Dec 1865 - 17 Dec 1909 Wettin, Léopold II/Leopold II ...................... 1835-1909
23 Dec 1909 - 17 Feb 1934 Wettin, Albert I/Albrecht I ........................ 1875-1934
23 Feb 1934 - 16 Jul 1951 Wettin, Léopold III/Leopold III .................... 1901-1983
(German prisoner 28 May 1940 - 08 May 1945,
in exile in Switzerland to 22 Jul 1950)
20 Sep 1944 - 20 Jul 1950 Prince Charles/Karel Theodore Henri Antoine Meinrad
of Belgium, conte de Flandre ...................... 1903-1983
(Regent for Léopold III/Leopold III)
11 Aug 1950 - 16 Jul 1951 Prince Baudouin/Bouldewijn Albert Charles Leopold
Axel Marie Gustave of Belgium, duke of Brabant .... 1930-1993
(Regent for Léopold/Leopold III)
20 Jul 1951 - 31 Jul 1993 Wettin, Baudouin/Bouldewijn ........................ s.a
(Prince-regent 11 Aug 1950 - 16 Jul 1951)
04 Apr - 05 Apr 1990 Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens ....................... 1936-
(acting Head of State for incapacitated Baudouin)
09 Aug 1993 - 21 Jul 2013 Wettin, Albert II/Albrecht II ...................... 1934-
21 Jul 2013 - Wettin, Philippe/Filip ............................. 1960-
Presidents of the Council of Ministers
24 Sep 1830 - 24 Feb 1831 Charles Latour Rogier (1st Time) ................... 1800-1885
24 Feb - 26 Feb 1831 Paul Devaux ........................................ 1801-1880
26 Feb - 04 Mar 1831 Étienne Constantin, Baron de Gerlache .............. 1785-1871
Cabinet Chiefs
04 Mar - 24 Jul 1831 Érasme Louis Surlet, Baron de Chokier
24 Jul 1831 - 20 Oct 1832 Félix Amandus de Muelenaere ........................ 1793-1862
20 Oct 1832 - 04 Aug 1834 Albert Joseph Goblet, Duc d'Alviella ............... 1790-1873
04 Aug 1834 - 18 Apr 1840 Barthélémy Théodore de Theux de Meylandt ........... 1794-1874
(1st Time)
18 Apr 1840 - 13 Apr 1841 Jean Louis Joseph Lebeau ........................... 1794-1866
13 Apr 1841 - 30 Jul 1845 Jean Baptist Nothomb ............................... 1805-1881
30 Jul 1845 - 31 Mar 1846 Jean Sylvain van de Weyer .......................... 1802-1874
31 Mar 1846 - 12 Aug 1847 Barthélémy Théodore de Theux de Meylandt (2nd Time)
12 Aug 1847 - 31 Oct 1852 Charles Latour Rogier (2nd Time)
31 Oct 1852 - 30 Mar 1855 Henri Ghislain Joseph Marie Hyacithe de Brouckère .. 1801-1891
30 Mar 1855 - 09 Nov 1857 Pieter Jacques François de Decker .................. 1812-1891
09 Nov 1857 - 03 Jan 1868 Charles Latour Rogier (3rd Time)
03 Jan 1868 - 02 Jul 1870 Hubert Joseph Walthère Frère-Orban (1st Time) ...... 1812-1896
02 Jul 1870 - 07 Dec 1871 Jules Joseph, Baron d'Anethan ...................... 1803-1888
07 Dec 1871 - 19 Jun 1878 Jules Edouard Xavier Malou (1st Time) .............. 1810-1886
19 Jun 1878 - 16 Jun 1884 Hubert Joseph Walthère Frère-Orban (2nd Time)
16 Jun - 26 Oct 1884 Jules Edouard Xavier Malou (2nd Time)
16 Jun 1884 - 26 Mar 1894 August Beernaert ................................... 1829-1912
26 Mar 1894 - 25 Feb 1896 Jules Philippe Marie de Burlet ..................... 1844-1897
25 Feb 1896 - 24 Jan 1899 Paul Joseph de Smet de Naeyer (1st Time) ........... 1843-1913
24 Jan - 05 Aug 1899 Jules Henri Pierre François Vandenpeereboom ........ 1843-1917
05 Aug 1899 - 02 May 1907 Paul Joseph de Smet de Naeyer (2nd Time)
02 May 1907 - 09 Jan 1908 Jules Henri Ghislain Marie de Tooz ................. 1857-1907
09 Jan 1908 - 17 Jun 1911 François Victor Marie Ghislain Schollaert .......... 1851-1917
17 Jun 1911 - 31 May 1918 Charles Marie Pierre Albert de Boqueville .......... 1860-1940
31 May - 21 Nov 1918 Gerard François Marie Cooreman ..................... 1852-1926
Prime Ministers
21 Nov 1918 - 20 Nov 1920 Léon Frédéric Gustave Delacroix .................... 1867-1929
20 Nov 1920 - 16 Dec 1921 Henri Victor Marie Ghislain, Comte de Wiart ........ 1869-1951
16 Dec 1921 - 13 May 1925 Georges Émile Léonard Theunis (1st Time) ........... 1873-1966
13 May - 17 Jun 1925 Aloys Jean Maria Joseph van de Vyvere .............. 1871-1961
17 Jun 1925 - 20 May 1926 Prosper Antoine Marie Joseph, Vicomte Poullet ...... 1868-1937
20 May 1926 - 06 Jun 1931 Henri Jaspar ....................................... 1870-1939
06 Jun 1831 - 22 Oct 1932 Jules Laurent Jean Louis Renkin .................... 1862-1934
22 Oct 1932 - 25 Mar 1935 Georges Émile Léonard Theunis (2nd Time)
22 Oct 1932 - 25 Mar 1935 Charles Marie Pierre Albert, Baron de Broqueville .. 1860-1940
25 Mar 1935 - 24 Nov 1937 Paul Guillaume van Zeeland ......................... 1893-1973
24 Nov 1937 - 15 May 1938 Paul-Émile Janson .................................. 1872-1944
15 May 1938 - 20 Feb 1939 Paul-Henri Charles Spaak (1st Time) ................ 1899-1972
22 Feb 1939 - 12 Feb 1945 Hubert Marie Eugène, Comte Pierlot ................. 1883-1963
12 Feb 1945 - 13 Mar 1946 Achille Honoré van Acker (1st Time) ................ 1898-1975
13 Mar - 31 Mar 1946 Paul-Henri Charles Spaak (2nd Time)
31 Mar - 03 Aug 1946 Achille Honoré van Acker (2nd Time)
03 Aug 1946 - 20 Mar 1947 Jean Joseph Camille Huysmans ....................... 1871-1968
20 Mar 1947 - 11 Aug 1949 Paul-Henri Charles Spaak (3rd Time)
11 Aug 1949 - 08 Jun 1950 Gaston François Marie, Vicomte Eyskens (1st Time) .. 1905-1988
08 Jun - 15 Aug 1950 Jean Pierre Duvieusart ............................. 1900-1977
15 Aug 1950 - 15 Jan 1952 Joseph Clovis Louis Marie Emmanuel Pholien ......... 1884-1968
15 Jan 1952 - 23 Apr 1954 Jean Marie Joseph, Baron Van Houtte ................ 1907-1991
23 Apr 1954 - 26 Jun 1958 Achille Honoré van Acker (3rd Time)
26 Jun 1958 - 25 Apr 1961 Gaston François Marie, Vicomte Eyskens (2nd Time)
25 Apr 1961 - 28 Jul 1965 Théodore Joseph Albéric Marie Lefévre .............. 1914-1973
28 Jul 1965 - 19 Mar 1966 Pierre Charles José Maria, Count Harmel ............ 1911-2009
19 Mar 1966 - 17 Jun 1968 Paul Émile François Henri Vanden Boeynants ......... 1919-2001
(1st Time)
17 Jun 1968 - 26 Jan 1973 Gaston François Marie, Vicomte Eyskens (3rd Time)
26 Jan 1973 - 25 Apr 1974 Edmond Jules Isidore Leburton ...................... 1915-1997
25 Apr 1974 - 20 Oct 1978 Léonard Clemence Trindemans ........................ 1922-2014
20 Oct 1978 - 03 Apr 1979 Paul Émile François Henri Vanden Boeynants (2nd Time)
03 Apr 1979 - 06 Apr 1981 Wilfied Achiel Emma Martens (1st Time) ............. 1936-2013
06 Apr - 17 Dec 1981 Marc Maria Frans, Vicomte Eyskens .................. 1933-
17 Dec 1981 - 07 Mar 1992 Wilfied Achiel Emma Martens (2nd Time)
07 Mar 1992 - 12 Jul 1999 Jean Luc Joseph Marie Dehaene ...................... 1940-2014
12 Jul 1999 - 20 Mar 2008 Guy Maurice Maria Louise Verhofstadt ............... 1953-
20 Mar - 30 Dec 2008 Yves Camille Désiré Leterme (1st Time) ............. 1960-
30 Dec 2008 - 25 Nov 2009 Herman Achille Van Rompuy .......................... 1947-
25 Nov 2009 - 06 Dec 2011 Yves Camille Désiré Leterme (2nd Time)
(Resigned on 22 Apr 2010)
06 Dec 2011 - 11 Oct 2014 Elio Di Rupo ....................................... 1951-
11 Oct 2014 - 27 Oct 2019 Charles Yves Jean Ghislaine Michel ................. 1975-
27 Oct 2019 - 01 Oct 2020 Sophie Wilmès ...................................... 1975-
01 Oct 2020 - Alexander De Croo .................................. 1975
Full style of the King: Fr: Roi des Belges; Fl: Koning der Belgen; Gr: König der Belgier (King of the Belgians). Lat: Rex Belgarum. The heir is styled Duc de Brabant/Hertog van Brabant.
Other children are styled: Prince de Liége/Prins van Liége, conte de Hainaut/graaf van Henegouwen and conte de Flandre/graaf van Vlaanderen.
Orders: Order of Leopold.
Order of the Crown.
Brabant
1085 Landgravate of Brabant granted to Henry III of Leuven
1085 - 1190 In union with the Counties of Louvain and Brussels
1183 Duchy of Brabant
1190 Duke of Brabant also Duke of Lothier
1288 In union with the Duchy of Limburg
1384 Part of the Burgundian Netherlands
04 Aug 1430 Part of the Burgundian inheritance
1556 Part of the Spanish Netherlands
30 Jan 1648 Partitioned between Spain and the United Provinces,
the northern part of the Duchy becoming the Dutch province
of North Brabant
01 Nov 1700 - 1706 Title disputed between Spain and Habsburg Monarchy
07 Mar 1714 - 18 Sep 1794 Part of the Austrian Netherlands
1789 - 1790 Part of the unrecognised United States of Belgium
1794 - 1814 Part of France
1815 - 1830 Part of the United Netherlands
1830 Part of Belgium as Brabant province
16 Dec 1840 Title Duke/Duchess of Brabant designated to the
heir apparent to the Belgian throne
01 Jan 1995 Brabant province partitioned into Flemish Brabant province
and French Brabant province
Landgraves
1085 - 1095 Regniers, Hendrik III, Graf van Leuven
1095 - 25 Jan 1139 Regniers, Godfried I (Godefroid le Courageux) ...... 1060-1139
25 Jan 1139 - 13 Jun 1142 Regniers, Godfried II .............................. 1110-1142
13 Jun 1142 - 21 Aug 1190 Regniers, Godfried III ............................. 1142-1190
Dukes
1183 - 05 Sep 1235 Regniers, Hendrik I (Henri le Courageux) ........... 1165-1235
05 Sep 1235 - 01 Feb 1248 Regniers, Hendrik II ............................... 1207-1248
01 Feb 1248 - 28 Feb 1261 Regniers, Hendrik III .............................. 1230-1261
28 Feb 1261 - 1267 Regniers, Hendrik IV ............................... 1251-1273
1267 - 03 Mar 1294 Regniers, Jan I (Jean le Victorieux) ............... 1252-1294
03 Mar 1294 - 27 Oct 1312 Regniers, Jan II (Jean II le Pacifique) ............ 1275-1312
27 Oct 1312 - 05 Dec 1355 Regniers, Jan III .................................. 1300-1355
05 Dec 1355 - 01 Dec 1406 Regniers, Joanna ................................... 1322-1406
01 Dec 1406 - 25 Oct 1415 Valois, Antoine de Bourgogne ....................... 1384-1415
25 Oct 1415 - 17 Apr 1427 Valois, Jan IV ..................................... 1403-1427
17 Apr 1427 - 04 Aug 1430 Valois, Philipp I .................................. 1396-1467
04 Aug 1430 - 27 Mar 1482 The Dukes of Burgundy
27 Mar 1482 - 1494 Habsburg, Maximilian
(regent)
1494 - 25 Sep 1506 Habsburg, Philipp III
(Filipe I of Castille)
25 Sep 1506 - 01 Nov 1700 The Kings of Spain
01 Nov 1700 - 1794 The Holy Roman Emperors
17 Dec 1865 - 22 Jan 1869 Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant .................... 1859-1869
21 Jan 2013 - Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant ...................... 2001-
Bouillon
959 - 1095 Lordship of Bouillon
1095 - 1430 Part of the Bishopic of Liège
1430 Duchy of Bouillon
03 Apr 1559 Part of Bishopic of Liege
01 May 1678 Protectorate under the Kingdom of France
24 Apr 1794 Boullionaise Republic
25 Oct 1795 Annexed by France
30 May 1814 - 01 Jan 1815 Allied occupation (Duke restored)
22 Jul 1815 Part of Luxembourg
07 Feb 1831 Part of Belgium thereafter
Dukes
959 - 964 Ardennes, Godfrey I
1012 - 1023 Ardennes, Godfrey II
1023 - 1044 Ardennes, Gothelo I
1044 - 1046 Ardennes, Gothelo II
1046 - 1069 Ardennes, Godfrey III The Bearded
1069 - 1076 Ardennes, Godfrey IV The Huntchback
1076 - 1095 Boulogne, Godfrey V The Crusader
1261 - 1267 de Jambe, Gerard I
1430 - 1445 von der Marck, Eberhard I
1445 - 1457 von der Marck, Louis I
1457 - 1479 von der Marck, Arnold I
1479 - 1482 von der Marck, Guillaume I
1482 - 1489 von der Marck, Robert I
1489 - 1496 von der Marck, Robert II
1496 - 1522 von der Marck, Robert III
1522 - 1559 von der Marck, Robert IV
15 Feb 1559 - 02 Dec 1574 Von der Marck, Henri Robert I
02 Dec 1574 - 15 May 1594 von der Marck, Charlotte I
15 May 1594 - 25 Mar 1623 La Tour d'Auvergne, Henri I
25 Mar 1623 - 09 Aug 1652 La Tour d'Auvergne, Frédéric-Maurice-Casimir
09 Aug 1652 - 31 Jan 1696 La Tour d'Auvergne, Godfrey-Maurice
31 Jan 1696 - 16 May 1730 La Tour d'Auvergne, Emmanuel-Théodose .............. 1668-1730
16 May 1730 - 24 Oct 1771 La Tour d'Auvergne, Charles-Godfroy ................ 1706-1771
24 Oct 1771 - 03 Dec 1792 La Tour d'Auvergne, Godfroy-Charles-Henri .......... 1728-1792
03 Dec 1792 - 24 Apr 1794 La Tour d'Auvergne, Jacques-Léopold-Charles-Godfroy 1746-1802
Presidents
24 Apr 1794 - 25 Oct 1795 Committe of Execution
- Claude-Pierre Jobard
- Remacle Poncelet
- François-Gérard Pirson
- Pierre Castilhon
- Rénéaume-Latache
- Dominique Millard
- Jean-Joseph Nannan
Governor
18 Aug 1814 - 01 Mar 1815 Antoine, baron de Vauthier de Braillamont .......... 1749-1839
Duke
01 Jan - Mar 1815 La Tour d'Auvergne, Philippe ....................... 1754-1816
Governor
Mar - 01 Dec 1815 Clément Bonnichon
Fagnolle (Ligne)
Barons
1435 - 1491 de Ligne, Jean III
1491 - 1532 de Ligne, Antoine I
Counts
1532 - 1552 de Ligne, Jacques
1553 - 1583 de Ligne, Philippe ................................. 1533-1583
Princes
1583 - 06 Feb 1624 de Ligne, Lamoral I ................................ 1563-1624
06 Feb 1624 - 01 May 1641 de Ligne, Albert Henri ............................. 1615-1641
01 May 1641 - 21 Dec 1679 de Ligne, Claude Lamoral I ......................... 1618-1679
21 Dec 1679 - 08 Feb 1702 de Ligne, Henri Louis Ernest ....................... 1644-1702
08 Feb 1702 - 08 Aug 1750 de Ligne, Antoine Joseph Ghislain .................. 1682-1750
08 Aug 1750 - 07 Apr 1766 de Ligne, Claude Lamoral II ........................ 1685-1766
07 Apr 1766 - 12 May 1793 de Ligne, Charles-Joseph ........................... 1735-1814
Flanders
c. 860 - 1795 County of Flanders
22 Dec 1917 - 25 Jul 1918 Independence proclaimed in the belief that the German
authorities would support an independent Flanders,
which they refuse and terminate.
15 Dec 1944 - 1945 German occupied Reichsgau Flandern
Counts
c. 860 - 02 Jan 879 Vlaanderen, Baldwijn I "Iron Arm"
02 Jan 879 - 10 Sep 918 Vlaanderen, Baldwijn II "the Bald"
10 Sep 918 - 958 Vlaanderen, Arnulf I
958 - 01 Nov 962 Vlaanderen, Baldwijn III
01 Nov 962 - 27 Mar 965 Vlaanderen, Arnulf I (2nd Time)
27 Mar 965 - 30 Mar 988 Vlaanderen, Arnulf II
30 Mar 988 - 30 May 1035 Vlaanderen, Baldwijn IV "the Bearded"
30 May 1035 - 01 Sep 1067 Vlaanderen, Baldwijn V "de Grote" ....................... 1012-1067
01 Sep 1067 - 17 Jul 1070 Vlaanderen, Baldwijn VI ................................. 1030-1070
17 Jul 1070 - 22 Feb 1071 Vlaanderen, Arnulf III "the unlucky" .................... 1055-1071
22 Feb 1071 - 13 Oct 1093 Vlaanderen, Robrecht I "the Frisian" .................... 1035-1093
13 Oct 1093 - 01 Oct 1111 Vlaanderen, Robrecht II ................................. 1065-1111
01 Oct 1111 - 17 Jun 1119 Vlaanderen, Baldwijn VII "with the axe" ................. 1093-1119
17 Jun 1119 - 02 Mar 1127 Estridsen, Karel "the good" ............................. 1083-1127
02 Mar 1127 - 27 Jul 1128 FitzRobert, Willem I Clito van Normandie ................ 1102-1128
27 Jul 1128 - 04 Jan 1168 Elsas, Diederik ......................................... 1099-1168
04 Jan 1168 - 01 Aug 1191 Elsas, Filips ........................................... 1143-1191
01 Aug 1191 - 15 Nov 1194 Elsas, Margaretha I ..................................... 1145-1194
01 Jun 1191 - 17 Dec 1195 Vlaanderen, Baldwijn VIII ............................... 1150-1195
(co-ruler to 15 Nov 1194)
17 Dec 1195 - 1205 Vlaanderen, Baldwijn IX of Constantinople ............... 1171-1205
(Bulgarian prisoner from 28 Apr 1205)
1205 - 05 Dec 1244 Vlaanderen, Johanna van Constantinople .................. 1194-1244
1205 - 08 Oct 1212 Hainaut, Philippe de Namur .............................. 11..-1212
(Regent for Johanna)
05 Dec 1244 - 29 Dec 1278 Vlaanderen, Margaretha II ............................... 1202-1280
1246 - 03 Sep 1251 Dampierre, Willem II .................................... 1196-1251
(co-ruler)
29 Dec 1278 - 07 Mar 1305 Dampierre, Gwijde ....................................... 1226-1305
07 Mar 1305 - 17 Sep 1322 Dampierre, Robrecht III Bethune ......................... 1249-1322
17 Sep 1322 - 26 Aug 1346 Nevers, Lodewijk I ...................................... 1304-1346
26 Aug 1346 - 30 Jan 1384 Nevers, Lodewijk II van Male ............................ 1330-1384
30 Jan 1384 - 21 Mar 1405 Nevers, Margaretha III van Male ......................... 1350-1405
30 Jan 1384 - 27 Apr 1404 Valois, Philippe of Burgundy
(co-ruler)
21 Mar 1405 - 27 Mar 1482 The Dukes of Burgundy
27 Mar 1482 - 1713 The Kings of Spain
1713 - 1795 The Archdukes of Austria
President of the Council of Flanders
22 Dec 1917 - 25 Jul 1918 Willem de Vreese ........................................ 1869-1938
President of the Commission of Plenipotentries
22 Dec 1917 - 25 Jul 1918 Pieter Lodewijk Tack .................................... 1870-1943
Chief of the Administration
22 Dec 1917 - 25 Jul 1918 Alexander Schaible
Head of the Flemish Liberation Committee
15 Dec 1944 - 1945 Jan Van de Wiele ........................................ 1902-1979
Liège
14 Apr 972 Bishop becomes Prince of the Empire
18 Aug 1789 Liègeoise revolution
30 Nov 1789 - 16 Apr 1790 Prussian occupation
12 Jan 1791 - 28 Nov 1792 Occupied by Austria
28 Nov 1792 - 05 Mar 1793 French occupation
05 Mar 1793 - 27 Jul 1794 Occupied by Austria
01 Oct 1795 Annexed by France
12 May 1815 - 04 Oct 1830 Part of Holland
04 Oct 1830 To Belgium therafter
Prince-Bishops
972-1008 Notger
1008-1018 Baldrick
1018-1021 Wolbodo
1021-1025 Durandus
1025-1037 Reginard
1037-1042 Nithard
1042-1048 Wazo
1048-1075 Théodwin
1075-1091 Henri I de Verdun
1091-1119 Otbert
1119-1121 Frédéric of Namur
1121-1128 Albéro I de Leuven
1128-1135 Alexander I
1135-1145 Albéro II de Chiny-Namur
1145-1164 Henri II de Leez
1164-1167 Alexander II
1167-1191 Rudolf von Zähringen
1191-1192 Albert I de Leuven
1192-1193 Lothair de Hochstaden
1193-1195 Simon de Limbourg
1195-1200 Albert II of Cuyck
1200-1229 Hughes de Pierrepont
1229-1238 Jean de Eppes
1238-1239 Guillaume d'Savoia
1240-1246 Robert de Thourotte
1247-1274 Henri III de Guelders
1274-1281 Jean de Enghien
1282-1291 Johann van Vlaadern
1291-1301 Hughes de Chalon
1301-1302 Adolf von Waldeck
1302-1312 Thiébaut von Bar
1312-1344 Adolph de La Marck
1345-1364 Engelbert de La Marck
1364-1378 Johann van Arckel
1378-1389 Arnold von Hornes
1389-1418 Johannes von Bayern
1418-1419 Johann van Walenrode
1419-1455 Johann von Heinsberg
1456-1482 Louis d'Bourbon
1483-1505 Johann van Hornes
1505-1538 Érard de La Marck
1538-1544 Corneille de Berghes
1544-1557 Georg von Habsburg
1557-1564 Robert de Berghes
1564-1580 Gérard de Grœsbeek
1580-1612 Ernst von Bayern
1612-1650 Ferdinand von Bayern
1650-1688 Maximilian Heinrich von Bayern
1688-1694 Jean Louis de Elderen
25 Ocr 1694 - 12 Nov 1723 Josef Klemens von Bayern
07 Dec 1724 - 05 Dec 1743 Georges II Louis de Berghes
10 Mar 1744 - 27 Jan 1763 Johann Theodor von Bayern
08 Apr 1763 - 22 Oct 1771 Charles-Nicolas d'Outremont
14 Mar 1772 - 30 Apr 1784 François-Charles de Velbruck
15 Aug 1784 - 03 Jun 1792 César Constanine François de Hœnsbrœck
21 Apr 1793 - 20 Jul 1794 François-Antoine-Marie-Constantin,
comte de Méan et de Beaurieux
Reckheim
1108 Lordship of Reckheim
1590 Free Imperial Barony
31 Mar 1623 Imperial county
01 Oct 1795 French occupation
04 Oct 1830 Part of Belgium thereafter
Freiherr von Reckheim
1623 - 24 Aug 1636 Ernst
24 Aug 1636 - 24 Aug 1665 Ferdinand
24 Aug 1665 - 1703 Maximillian Frans Gobert
1703 - 01 Feb 1708 Ferdinand Gobert
01 Feb 1708 - 1720 Jozef Gobert
1720 - 24 Nov 1749 Karel Gobert Frans
Jan 1750 - 1792 Johan Nepomuk Gobert I
1792 - 1795 Johan Nepomuk Gobert II