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Leopold II [a] (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.
Leopold II (Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792) was the penultimate Holy Roman Emperor, as well as King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. [1]
King Leopold II, whose rule of the Congo Free State was marked by severe atrocities, violence and major population decline.. Even before his accession to the throne of Belgium in 1865, the future king Leopold II began lobbying leading Belgian politicians to create a colonial empire in the Far East or in Africa, which would expand and enhance Belgian prestige. [2]
Barbara Emerson is an English historian and biographer, known for her biography of King Leopold II of Belgium. She was also a fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford. [1] Emerson received her degree in PPE from St Hilda's College, Oxford where she later taught. [2]
Leopold II (1050 – 12 October 1095), known as Leopold the Fair (German: Luitpold der Schöne), a member of the House of Babenberg, [1] was Margrave of Austria from 1075 until his death in 1095. A supporter of the Gregorian Reforms , he was one of the main opponents of the German king Henry IV during the Investiture Controversy .
King Leopold II in the late 19th century. Leopold thought overseas colonies were of critical importance to become a great power, and worked to establish colonial possessions for Belgium. The national legislature did not authorize the colonial enterprise, and Leopold eventually acquired a colony in the Congo for himself with money loaned by the ...
In 1876 he was named acting Delegate of the American Geographical Society to a conference called by King Leopold II of Belgium to organize the International African Association with the purpose of opening up equatorial Africa to civilizing influences. Leopold II used Sanford to convince Henry Morton Stanley to explore the Congo basin for ...
Leopold II commonly refers to: Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747–1792) Leopold II of Belgium (1835–1909) It may also refer to: Leopold II, Margrave of Austria (1050–1095) Leopold II, Duke of Austria (1328–1344) Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1700–1751) Leopold II, Prince of Lippe (1796–1851) Leopold II, Grand Duke of ...