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Louise of Orléans. Signature. Leopold II (French: Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor; Dutch: Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor; 9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. Born in Brussels as the second but eldest ...
Jun 23, 2023 · Leopold I of Belgium. Leopold I of Belgium began life as a minor German prince. He served as a Russian general against Napoleon, married into the British and French royal families, and was offered two separate crowns of his own. As the first king of the Belgians, Leopold consolidated Belgium’s independence and ensured that Belgium’s ...
Leopold I of Belgium. (First King of the Belgians (1831 - 1865)) Leopold I was a prince from Germany who was made the king of the Belgians after the country declared its independence in 1830. He ruled from July 1831 to December 1865. Hailing from the ruling family of the small German duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, he received an honorary ...
May 6, 2024 · King Leopold I of Belgium Leopold I as horseman Portrait of Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg (1790-1865) King Leopold I of Belgium and family Old King Leopold I of Belgium Death of King Leopold I of Belgium. Leopold I (16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first King of the Belgians, reigning from July 1831 until his death.
Contents 1Early life 1.1Military career 1.2Marriage to Charlotte 1.3Refusal of the Greek throne 2Acceptance of the Belgian throne 2.1Search for a monarch 2.2Accession 3Reign 3.1Consolidation of independence 3.2Subsequent reign 3.3Revolut...
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Sep 10, 2015 · Leopold had a twenty-year relationship with Arcadie Claret (1826-1897). Arcadie was from Brussels and was the daughter of Major Charles-Joseph Claret (1789-1867), a veteran of Napoleon’s army and the treasurer of the Ministry of War’s Fund for Widows and Orphans of the Belgian Army. Leopold met Arcadie sometime between 1842-1844.
