"They could not and would not understand how a German Prince belonging to one of the oldest families, could allow himself to be chosen King on the pretext of an open revolution."

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ProtestantsMonarchs from BelgiumMilitary leaders from BelgiumBelgian Revolution
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Early Belgian colonial Efforts: The long and fateful shadow of Leopold I, Page 177 Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Ernst II, Percy Andreae, and tr, Memoirs of Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (London: Remington & Co., 1888)