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Prince Charles, Count of Flanders

Palace of the Marquess of Assche, 10 Oct 1903 – Ostend, 1 Jun 1983

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A life in time

  1. 10 Oct 1903

    Born in Palace of the Marquess of Assche

  2. 1944–1950

    Regent of Belgium

  3. 1 Jun 1983

    Dies in Ostend, aged 79

Family

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Parents

Partner

During his lifetime

He lived through 9 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Palace of the Marquess of Assche.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1900s · Prince is born in Palace of the Marquess of Assche

In the news1900

First old-age pension law passed

In 1900, the first law on old-age pensions was approved in Belgium.

Daily life

Manual labor and domestic education

Housework was labor-intensive, with simple meals taking hours to prepare, often involving grinding coffee by hand. Household schools were established to teach young girls domestic skills like bread baking and preparing meals.

Work

Cost of beer in workers' taverns

Beer was a staple for workers, sold in taverns for 12 centimes per glass (3-4 deciliters) or 24 centimes per liter from the barrel.

The Model T. Ford’s assembly line made a car ordinary families could buy: fifteen million were built.Around the world · 1908–1927

The Model T. Ford’s assembly line made a car ordinary families could buy: fifteen million were built.

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What people wore

First Communion Fashion Constraints

For a girl's First Communion, mothers pressured shopkeepers to pull corsets tighter to make her waist look as slender as possible. Girls also wore tight new shoes to make their feet appear smaller.

Getting around

Extensive Steam Tram Network in 1900

In 1900, the Belgian steam tram network was highly extensive, with fares as low as five or seven centimes per kilometer.

At the table

Rising sugar consumption

Between 1900 and 1905, the annual average sugar consumption per capita in Belgium doubled from 5 to 10 kilograms as prices dropped.