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    Given that most monarchs in history have died in the battlefield, or been executed somehow, or simply died in bed, the one I'm looking for may well be unique. He died in an accident rock-climbing at an age when many have given that sort of thing up. Who was he?

    Question #85981. Asked by Baloo55th. (Sep 17 07 2:26 PM)


    boghat

    		You must be talking about Albert I of Belgium who died in a rock climbing accident on February 17, 1934 at the age of 58.

    From Wikipedia: "King Albert I died in a climbing accident at Marche-les-Dames, in the Ardennes region of Belgium near Namur. He is interred in the Royal vault at the Church of Our Lady, Laeken Cemetery, Brussels, Belgium. His death has been a great deal of discussion. Rumours of murder were disputed."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_I_of_Belgium

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5355

    Sep 17 07, 2:33 PM
    Baloo55th

    		And a Yay for boghat for Albert I. (Boghat? Suggests you have an outside one....)

    Sep 17 07, 2:53 PM

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