The Dividing Line: Flemish Identity

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Belgium Does Unity Make Strength?
Michael Dunbar
Corbis
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Belgian Independence 1830

• King Leopold chose a French wife
• French in the parlor, Flemish in the kitchen
• a dialect to be used only with servants and
  animals

NNDB
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The Royal Question
Princess Lilian Baels

• King Leopold III marries daughter of a Flemish
  National activist
• Moved to Austria by the Nazis
• Walloons voted against his return

tripatlas
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Linguistic Division
Flanders Wallonia
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Cache
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The Dividing Line

Belgian Embassy
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Economically Divided2002 GDP Per Inhabitant
Eurostat
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King Albert II and Queen Paola
Monarchy of Belgium
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Our Own People First?
Politieke Spotprenten
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Flemish Nation?
Melancholia
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What about Brussels?
A.B. Murphy
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How Does Wallonia Feel about Flemish Independence?
Webshots
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3 Languages 1 Soul One Belgium
Cache
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Future?
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