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Old 05-29-08, 04:56 AM   #1 (permalink)
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How Belgium (nearly) ruled the world
Believe it or not, Belgium, the tiny country you'd be unable to locate on a map, was the second most important industrial power in the world in the middle of the XIXth century.

It was thus not a negligible country, and our princesses married to crown princes of powerful nations.

However, each time, it has failed, and none of them actually became queen or empress


Empress of Mexico

Princess Charlotte, daughter of King Leopold I, married to Archduke Maximilian of Austria in 1857.

In 1862, the French invaded Mexico and tried to establish an Empire over there. They gave the crown to Maximilian and Charlotte, who were Mexican Emprerors from 1864 to 1867. (One of my ancestor was among the Belgian volunteers in Mexico!)

However, Mexican republicans took the power, Maximilian was executed and Charlotte came back to Europe.


Charlotte of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
French intervention in Mexico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Empress of Austria

Princess Stephanie of Belgium, daughter of Leopold II, married Rudolf, crown prince of Austria. She was going to be Empress but Rudolf commited suicide with his mistress in 1889.

Princess Stéphanie of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Empress of France


Princess Clementine of Belgium, third daughter of Leopold II, married to the Prince Victor Napoleon, pretender to the throne of France.

However, the 3rd French Republic never saw the revolution that would make him the new French Emperor.

Princess Clementine of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Napoléon Victor Bonaparte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Queen of Italy

Princess Marie José married to Umberto, crown prince of Italy. After WWII, she was queen of Italy during a month, but those **** abolished the monarchy!

Marie-José of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia





Grand Duchess of Luxemburg


Princess Josephine Charlotte married to Jean of Luxemburg and was Grand Duchess...as you see, a Belgian princess could have ruled Mexico, Italy, Austria or France, but it worked only in Luxemburg, the only country (except Liechtenstein) that is even more insignificant than Belgium!

Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Re: How Belgium (nearly) ruled the world
Pft, everyone is somehow linked to the Vikings.. and we vikings discovered America so there!

But we both suck at football!
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When I read the thread title, I thought I had slipped into some bizarre alternate universe.

Sounds like Belgium should be nicknamed the "Almost But Not Quite" country.
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When I read the thread title, I thought I had slipped into some bizarre alternate universe.

Sounds like Belgium should be nicknamed the "Almost But Not Quite" country.
But Belgium gave us Belgian Waffles and French Fries. However, they couldn't even get their name on the French Fries. I suppose how the Mexican Wave didn't get "American" on it even though it was invented in the US. Oh well....
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