La Brabanc onne Anthem of the Kingdom of Belgium
My three favorite Kings (and Queen) of Belgium: King Albert I, King Baudouin I with his wife Queen Fabiola and King Leopold III. La Brabançonne is the National anthem of the Kingdom of Belgium. It is sung in the Kingdoms three official languages: French, Flemish and German. I put Leopold III while it was sung in Flemish because I consider him to be a symbol of Flemish Royalism. In 1946, a commission of inquiry exonerated Leopold of treason. Nonetheless, controversy concerning his loyalty continued, and in 1950, a referendum was held about his future. Fiftyseven per cent of the voters favoured his return. The divide between Leopoldists and antiLeopoldists ran along the lines of socialists and Walloons who were mostly opposed (42 favourable votes in Wallonia) and Christian Democrats and Flemish who were more in favour of the King (70 favourable votes in Wikipedia I do not own anything in this for audio and images go to their rightful o
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