Military House of the King. Reign of king Leopold III

Collection description

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Title (official language):: Militair Huis van de Koning. Regering van koning Leopold III

Scope and content:: In no. 118 we find correspondence concerning requests, addressed to the King, to intervene on behalf of Jews during the Occupation. We find general correspondence (1942) as well as documents concerning 18 individual persons (1940-1943). We also mention no. 98 which concerns i.a. the Fraternelle d’Anciens Combattants et Invalides Juifs (1938-1941).

Administrative/biographical history:: The Head of the Military House (1831 – present), since 1831 always a general, is responsible for the relations with the Ministry of Defence. He supports and advises the Head of State in matters of national and international defence policy, the organisation of the Belgian armed forces, the police- and intelligence services, sport, patriotic and war veterans associations. This officer is also tasked with leading the IT service and coordinating the security corps of the Palace, and he is responsible for the service of vleugeladjudanten and ordonnansofficieren. The Head of the Military House himself is assisted by an advisor. (G. Janssens, “De medewerkers van het Staatshoofd in België: taken en archief (1831-2011)”, in Museum Dynasticum, no. 2, 2011, pp. 49-61; G. Janssens, “Het Staatshoofd”, in P. van den Eeckhout & G. Vanthemsche, Bronnen voor de studie van het hedendaagse België 19e – 21e eeuw. Tweede herziene en uitgebreide uitgave. Brussel, Koninklijke Commissie voor Geschiedenis / Commission Royale d’Histoire, 2009, pp. 266-295.)

Subject terms:: Correspondence; Holocaust; Nobility; Occupation (military); War veterans

Finding aids:: Published finding aid “Répertoire succinct des archives de la Maison Militaire (règne du Roi Léopold III)”