According to legend, the Belgian national anthem was written in September 1830, during the Belgian Revolution, by a young revolutionary called "enneval, who read the lyrics during a meeting at the Aigle dOr caf?. Jenneval, a Frenchman whose real name was Alexandre Dechet, did in fact write the Braban?onne. At the time, he was an actor at the theatre where, in August 1830, the revolution started which led to independence from the Netherlands. Jenneval died in the War of independence.