Palace of the Count of Flanders renovations, the new Count and Countess made it their family home. King Albert I was born here, and his brother Prince Baudouin died here. After the death of the Count, his children sold the residence to the Banque de Bruxelles. Saintenoy designed the great ball room, but unfortunately this fine room was destroyed in 1921. Inside, the major rooms with fine interiors are kept in the state they were during the royal residence. The palace became a listed monument on 6 September 2001. Palace of the Count of Flanders The Palace of the Count of Flanders is a Neoclassical palace
Buckingham Palace Ownership of the site changed hands many times; owners included Edward the Confessor and his queen consort Edith of Wessex in late Saxon times, and, after the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror. William gave the site to Geoffrey de Mandeville, who bequeathed it to the monks of Westminster Abbey. In 1531, Henry VIII acquired the Hospital of St James, which became St James's Palace, from Eton College, and in 1536 he took the Manor of Ebury from Westminster Abbey. These transfers brought the site of Buckingham Palace back into royal hands for the first time since William the Conqueror had