Albert I
Americannoun
noun
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c. 1255–1308, king of Germany (1298–1308)
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1875–1934, king of the Belgians (1909–34)
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called Albert the Bear. c. 1100–70. German military leader: first margrave of Brandenburg
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“When I saw Albert, I gave him a hug, and it’s like, you know when you hug someone, and you just go, ‘Oh man, I don’t want to mess with that guy?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
But in the chaos of the early 20th Century when World War One threatened to destroy Belgium, Leopold II's nephew King Albert I erected statues to remember the successes of years gone by.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2020
Marc Van den Kerchove, 58, the owner of the Taverne Floride, a bar on the wide Albert I promenade frequented by Gaye, said a film would be a massive boost to the town.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2019
And scientists in Belgium wrestled with these issues in 2016, when they confirmed the location of the 1934 death of King Albert I from blood samples collected there.
From Nature ● May 1, 2018
On both occasions, however, Belgium was placed in the van, and found in Godfrey IV and Albert I two leaders whose courage and dignity will stand as the purest symbol of chivalry and national honour.
From Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day by Emile Cammaerts
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