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Leopold I (French: Léopold; 16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first King of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865.. The youngest son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Leopold took a commission in the Imperial Russian Army and fought against Napoleon after French troops overran Saxe-Coburg during the Napoleonic Wars.
daughter Carlota. Leopold I (born December 16, 1790, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld [Germany]—died December 10, 1865, Laeken, Belgium) was the first king of the Belgians (1831–65), who helped strengthen the nation’s new parliamentary system and, as a leading figure in European diplomacy, scrupulously maintained Belgian neutrality.
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The royal office of King is designated solely for a descendant of the first King of the Belgians, Leopold I. Since he is bound by the Constitution (above all other ideological and religious considerations, political opinions and debates and economic interests) the King is intended to act as an arbiter and guardian of Belgian national unity and independence. [3]
List of Belgian monarchs. This is a list of Belgian monarchs from 1831 when the first Belgian king, Leopold I, ascended the throne, after Belgium seceded from the Kingdom of the Netherlands during the Belgian Revolution of 1830. Under the Belgian Constitution, the Belgian monarch is styled "King of the Belgians" ( French: Roi des Belges, Dutch ...
NamePortraitBirth And DeathReign Started15 April 1960 Laeken21 July 2013Incumbent (10 years, 340 days)6 June 1934 Laeken9 August 1993 [1]21 July 2013 (abdicated) (19 years, 346 ...7 September 1930 Laeken – 31 July 1993 ...17 July 195131 July 1993 [3] (42 years, 13 days)Charles / Karel prince regent for Leopold ...10 October 1903 Brussels – 1 June 1983 ...21 September 194420 July 1950 (5 years, 302 days)On 9 August, Leopold married Louise-Marie, daughter of Louis-Philippe, King of the French. 1835 Inauguration of the first railway line (Brussels-Malines) in continental Europe. This was the culmination of a project on which the King had been working since 1832. 1842 Leopold attempted to obtain legislation on the labour of women and children.
History. Belgium was recognised as an independent country in 1830 but the Monarchy was established in 1831. Leopold I, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, took the constitutional oath on 21 July 1831 to become the first King of the Belgians. Under the hereditary constitutional Monarchy system, the role and operation of Belgium's institutions ...
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The first King of the Belgians, King Leopold I. Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was sworn in on the 21st of July 1831 and became the first King of the Belgians. Leopold I is the founding King of Belgium. He devoted his reign to making our country a strong and powerful State. Leopold I married Louise-Marie d'Orléans.
