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LEOPOLD I, King of the Belgians

1790–1865, king of the Belgians (1831–65); youngest son of Francis Frederick, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After serving as a page at the court of Napoleon I and as a general of the Russian army, he married (1816) Princess Charlotte, daughter of the English prince regent (later King George IV) and heiress presumptive to the English throne. After her death (1817) Leopold remained in England. In 1830 he rejected the throne of Greece, but in 1831 he accepted election as king of newly formed Belgium. Though his primary concern was with maintaining the unity and independence of his kingdom, his reign was notable for such improvements as the introduction of ministerial responsibility, a reformed electoral law, and a national bank. He married (1832) a daughter of King Louis Philippe of France, and he brought about the marriage of his niece Queen Victoria of England to his nephew Prince Albert. He was succeeded by his son, Leopold II. He was also the father of Carlotta, empress of Mexico.

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The King Incorporated: Leopold II in the Age of Trusts
Book by Neal Ascherson; George Allen & Unwin, 1963
Subjects:	Laeopold--Ii--King Of The Belgians--1835-1909
CHAPTER I BELGIUM IN 1865 A BELGIAN KING does not enter upon his reign...kept as short as possible. Leopold I, first King of the Belgians, died on the morning of December...only and the inauguration of Leopold II took place the day after...

An Anthology of Contemporary Belgian Plays, 1970-1982: Hugo Claus, Renae Kalisky, Jean Louvet, Jean Sigrid, Lucienne Stassaert, Ivo Van Hove
Book by David Willinger, Luc Deneulin, Karl Desloovere, Luk Truyts; Whitston, 1984
Subjects:	Belgian Drama (French)--20th Century--Translations Into English, Flemish Drama--20th Century--Translations Into English
LAHAUT: While our own King Leopold III, of the royal house of Saxe...Under pressure from the street. Leopold III was King of the Belgians before 40. During the war...going out dancing. VALERIE: I always come back. To take a...

The Story of the Congo Free State: Social, Political, and Economic Aspects of the Belgian System of Government in Central Africa
Book by Henry Wellington Wack; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1905
Subjects:	Belgium--Colonies--Africa--Administration, Congo (Democratic Republic)
...the spirit of the Belgian people favoured the Kings suggestion, and...following resolution with I tit one dissentient: His Majesty, Leopold II., King of the Belgians, is authorised to...the same time that I was pursuing, in...very affectionate LEOPOLD. Leopold II...

Belgian Administration in the Congo
Book by Georges Brausch; Oxford University Press, 1961
Subjects:	Belgium--Colonies, Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--1908-1960
...State, and the King of the Belgians became its Sovereign...In 1908 King Leopold II transferred...powers to the Belgian state and the Congo became a Belgian colony. We must...that before the Belgians came to Central...the result of Belgian colonial rule...political units, i.e. small kingdoms...

Belgian Problems since the War
Book by Louis Piaerard; Yale Univ. Press, 1929
Subjects:	Flemish Movement, Labor Movement--Belgium, Parti Socialiste Belge, Socialism--Belgium
...The attitude of Belgian labor on that point...would not oppose the King very strongly if...development of the Belgian Congo. He has been...Katanga district. I think it is worth...position of the Belgian Labor party on the...Free State, when Leopold II was at the same...union, King of the Belgians and sovereign of...

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Queen Victoria and the Challenge of Roman Catholicism
Journal article by Walter L. Arnstein; The Historian, Vol. 58, 1996
Subjects:	Catholicity--United Kingdom, United Kingdom--Kings and rulers, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain--Attitudes
...journal: "In all my life I never heard such a sermon...like and shocking affair I was quite ... ashamed...privately to her Uncle Leopold, king of the Belgians: "It is from this priestly domination that I recoil with horror against...

Ford's Joseph Conrad: A Personal Remembrance as Metafiction: Or, How Conrad Became an Elizabethan Poet
Journal article by Joseph Wiesenfarth; Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature, Vol. 53, 2000
Subjects:	Conrad, Joseph--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Ford, Ford Madox--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Novelists--Technique
...made war. The sub-villain was to be Leopold II, King of the Belgians, the foul--and incidentally lecherous--beast...Northcliffe, and Duc de Mersch for Leopold II, King of the Belgians (`the foul beast who had created the Congo Free...

Black Catholic Theology: A Historical Perspective
Journal article by Cyprian Davis; Theological Studies, Vol. 61, 2000
Subjects:	African American Catholics--History, African American theologians--History, Saints--Case studies
...what was then the Belgian Congo into a family...independence in the Belgian Congo resulted in...awarded Leopold II King of the Belgians the territory in...Congo Free State. Leopold governed the vast...bricklayer for a Belgian firm, he came into...Systematique. Chapitres I-IX, trans. and...

The Gulf Crisis and African-American Interests Under International Law
Journal article by Henry J. Richardson III; American Journal of International Law, Vol. 87, 1993
Subjects:	International Law, International Relations
...At the end of World War I, W. E. B. Du Bois was...Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II , King of the Belgians, and Sovereign of the...and nationality, which I had then and before at...beyond my dream. But. . . I knew the power of guns...

More Than Red Rubber and Figures Alone: a Critical Appraisal of the Memory of the Congo Exhibition at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium*
Journal article by Jan-Bart Gewald; The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 39, 2006
Subjects:	Congo Basin, Fairs & exhibitions, Museums, Violence, War
...Leopold II of the Belgians, a fervent fan...Morton Stanley was King Leopolds man...silent death, Leopold founded the Committee...His Majesty the King of the Belgians Leopold II, the command...service of the Belgian King Leopold II.31 Throughout...

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The King's Lobbyists
Magazine article by Adam Hochschild; American Scholar, Vol. 67, Summer 1998
Subjects:	Belgium, Heads of state, Leopold, II--Behavior, Sanford, Henry Shelton--Behavior
...accounts of the kings philanthropic...recognized King Leopold IIs claim...breakfast. "I cannot begin...taking the Belgian Ministers...Kowalsky, the king let his contract...bombarded Leopold with letters...task, and I worked night...Majesty such as I felt for my...retainer, Leopold paid Kowalsky...

The Foundation of Belgium: Philip Mansel Recalls the Creation of the Kingdom of Belgium in 1831, in a Successful Act of Co-operation between London, Paris and Brussels
Magazine article by Philip Mansel; History Today, Vol. 56, May 2006
Subjects:	Belgian foreign relations, Belgium--History, Belgium--Political aspects, Belgium--Social aspects
...under William I of the House...essential sign of Belgian identity and...success. William I was told in...societe. The Kings attempts to...century later, Belgians own measures...Guillaume, as the King was called...although Belgians would have...of permanent Belgian neutrality...role. In 1836 Leopold I and Baron Stockmar...great European King William III...

King Leopold's Ghost
Magazine article by Stephen Williams; African Business, July 1999
Subjects:	Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...II, King of the Belgians carved a personal...In December 1865 Leopold II had succeeded his father, Leopold I. His obsession...unknown interior, Leopold made plans to exploit...was to earn the King his sobriquet of...haemorrhaging the Kings fortune at an alarming...being raised in the Belgian parliament. Leopold...

Young Victoria
Magazine article by Kate Williams; History Today, Vol. 59, July 2009
Subjects:	Video recordings--Video recording reviews, Young Victoria (Video recording)--Video recording reviews
...Headington, Graham King, Martin Scorsese...forget, my love, that I am the Sovereign...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED I was drawn to write...heard of the project: I dont like period pieces...international context, giving Leopold, King of the Belgians, and the Saxe-Coburg...

The Cartography of Death
Magazine article by Tom Engelhardt; The Nation, Vol. 271, October 23, 2000
Subjects:	Books--Criticism and interpretation, Genocide--20th century AD, Social history--Analysis
...Adam Hochschilds King Leopolds Ghost...Leopolds Ghost (which I edited) is an account...avaricious man, Leopold II, King of the Belgians. Hochschild estimates...prey to disease. Leopold, who never set foot...stretched from the Belgian coast to the Swiss...months into World War I, the original British...

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A Euro Star; If You Thought Brussels Was Just a Dank Den of Bureaucracy Heaving with Suits on Expenses, Think Again. Hettie Harvey Has a Vintage Time in the Belgian Capital; I Treated Myself to a Thirties Cocktail Dress, in Immaculate Condition, and a Tres Chic Fifties Hat
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 8, 2009
...Vintage Time in the Belgian Capital; I Treated Myself to...Place du Petit Sablon I was looking forward...living in Europe. I was worried that they...Nicolay is the cafe king of Brussels and the...from euro115. Rue Leopold 9, 1000 Brussels...

The Belgians' Secret Plot to Rule Britain
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 3, 2010
...symbolism in a Belgian ruling the EU...Churchill called the Belgians the most contemptible...war. Yet the Belgian political model...Belgiums first king, Leopold I, said: Belgium...Federation of Belgian Employers. Soon, the Belgians realised they...

BRUSSELS SPROUTS WINGS; the City Centre Has Been Revamped, Its Bars and Shops Transformed, and the Magritte Museum Has Just Opened: It's Official -- the Belgian Capital Is Suddenly Hip, Says Sonia Purnell
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 3, 2009
...Its Official -- the Belgian Capital Is Suddenly...youll see why the king is such a fan. Actually...fans, I realise that I have truly changed...uniquely of its own. I dont intend to wait another 16 years before I go again. WAY TO...currency115 B B (9 rue Leopold, 1000, www.thedominican...

Mr Stanley, I Presume; Books: Critic's Choice
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 9, 2007
...Stanley, I presumed. But I was wrong. Stanley...afterwards. Everything I thought I knew about Henry Morton...took up the offer of Leopold II, King of the Belgians, to establish trading...Africa long before the Belgian Congo became the heart...

Could Victorian Values Have Saved Charles and Diana? Weekend
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 23, 1996
...she wrote to her uncle Leopold, King of the Belgians. `Moreover they look...learned that her Uncle Leopold was planning to send her...beforehand for feelings, and I may not have the feeling...affectionate. Oh! to feel I was, and am, loved by...

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Leopold III , King of the Belgians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEOPOLD III , king of the Belgians 1901 83, king of the Belgians (1934 51), son...successor of Albert I . In 1936, Leopold announced a fundamental...1937 had guaranteed Belgian neutrality invaded the Low Countries. Leopold led the Belgian...1950 favored the kings return by a slight...

Leopold I , King of the Belgians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEOPOLD I , king of the Belgians 1790 1865, king of the...at the court of Napoleon I and as a general of the...After her death (1817) Leopold remained in England. In...succeeded by his son, Leopold II . He was also the father...

Leopold II , King of the Belgians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEOPOLD II , king of the Belgians 1835 1909, king of the Belgians (1865 1909), son and successor of Leopold I . His reign saw great...scandal compelled Leopold to turn over the Congo to the Belgian government (1908...

Albert I , King of the Belgians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALBERT I , king of the Belgians 1875 1934, king of the Belgians (1909 34), nephew and successor of Leopold II . He married...princess. In World War I his heroic resistance...that recovered the Belgian coast. The king...succeeded by his son, Leopold III . His daughter...

George IV , King of Great Britain and Ireland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GEORGE IV , king of Great Britain and Ireland 1762 1830, king of Great...child, Charlotte Augusta, married (1816) Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg (later Leopold I, king of the Belgians) but died in childbirth in 1817. George was succeeded...

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