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There are two statues of Leopold II in France, both located in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, a town on the Mediterranean coast in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. Leopold II had bought a lot of real estate in the Cap Ferrat since 1896. [35] The oldest statue is a bronze medal of Leopold II embedded into a stone pier, erected in ...
A statue of King Leopold II of the Belgians was installed in Ekeren, Flanders, Belgium, until 2020. [1] The statue was designed by Belgian sculptor Joseph Ducaju, made of sandstone from Bad Bentheim, and was erected in 1873, eight years into Leopold's reign, as the first statue to commemorate him as king. [2]
Leopold was born in Brussels on 9 April 1835, the second child of the reigning Belgian monarch, Leopold I, and of his second wife, Louise, the daughter of King Louis Philippe of France. [7] His eldest brother, Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium, died in infancy in 1834. As heir apparent, Leopold was granted the title of Duke of Brabant in ...
To do this, the Belgian State raised more than 625,000 Belgian francs. [a] On 31 May 1914, the Belgian official journal and the press launched an appeal for anyone wishing to contribute to erecting the statue. The appeal mentioned that during 35 years, Belgium, under Leopold II's leadership, had expanded by a magnificent colony. [4]
Austrian Congregation of Canons Regular – Canonry of Saint Leopold, Glen Cove, NY [62] Canons Regular of Saint John Cantius – Chicago, Illinois [63] Congregation of the Oratory of Pharr – Pharr, Texas [64] [65] The Contemplatives of St. Joseph Monastic Order – San Francisco, California [66] Franciscans of Mary Immaculate – Warsaw ...
The equestrian statue of Leopold II (Dutch: Ruiterstandbeeld van Leopold II) is a monument erected in Ostend, Belgium, in memory of King Leopold II, second King of the Belgians. It is located on the Royal Galleries by the beach. [1] The king was commemorated here as a benefactor of Ostend and the Belgian Congo. The inauguration was on 19 July ...
Leopold I, first King of the Belgians, Founder and First Grand Master of the Order. Uniform of HM Albert I, Royal Collection of Belgium Count Paul de Smet de Naeyer, Grand Cordon King Albert II (on the right) in 2005, with the Dominican Ambassador to Brussels Cartoon depicting king Leopold II of the Belgians who is throwing medals to crowd
Leopold then proceeded to the Place Royale in front of Saint-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg cathedral, where the remainder of the ceremony took place. A raised platform and a canopy, displaying the names of the Revolution's victories, had been set up.