And while they both revolted against monarchs at one time, they both brought them back
I have to correct you.
The Belgians have never, I repeat NEVER revolted against the Monarchy.
His Majesty, King Leopold III made several important mistakes.
When the Germans invaded the Kingdom, he refused to join the Government in London which made him unpopular with the politicians, but more popular with the People.
However, he did have a secret meeting with Hitler, and anti-Leopoldists accused His Majesty of having talked about a Belgian autonomous state within the Third Reich, with himself as King-dictator.
Which is of course complete nonsense.
When he was later exiled to Austria, because the Allies were about to invade nazi-occupied Belgium, Leopold married Lilian Baels (the daughter of a Governor-Minister) and many Belgians blamed him for that.
She was never accepted as Queen and had to take the title of Princess.
Because His Majesty was exiled, the Belgian Senate appointed Prince Karel as Regent of the Kingdom, which was just liberated by the Allies.
It took until 1950 until the Belgians could decide about the King coming back or not.
That happened by referendum.
I think it is mostly because the opposition had some very important politicians, who made his deeds (i.e. meeting with Hitler, and marriage with Lilian) look much worse then they were; but more important, the fact that Leopold had been exiled for 6 years the Belgians had somewhat forgotten him, and he could not publicly denie the accusations himself.
But King Leopold only won the referendum with 57 per cent of the votes.
Though he won, the results were extremely bad for the King, and when he returned his escorte was assaulted by demonstrators.
Enormous manifestations were helt throughout the Nation and some walloon (Wallonia is the south of Belgium) proclaimed an independent republic.
With a heavy heart, His Majesty eventually resigned and gave the Sceptre to his son, Baudoin.
King Baudoin was crowned King of all Belgians and all Belgians lived happily ever after.
Under his reign, the Congo and the other colonies became independent, the federalization of the Belgian Nation started and Belgium reached the semi-finals of the World Cup.
He became the most popular King our Nation ever had and when he died (EXACTLY 9 years ago today) the Belgians came en masse to Brussels to pay him a last tribute.
Never has Belgium seen such an enormous explosion of Patriotism, emotion, and even hysteria.
The politicians that once said that there were no Belgians were completely wrong, every house in Belgium was decorated with a Nation flag.
His brother, King Albert II became King of our Nation and today 70 per cent of the Belgians is definitly Monarchist, but 85 per cent does not want to abolish the Monarchy.
That being a short resume of 60 years of Belgian Monarchy.
But there is not a revolution anywhere, unless you can call a referendum and some demonstrations a revolution.