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  2. Order of Leopold (Belgium) - Wikipedia

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    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

  3. Order of Leopold (Austria) - Wikipedia

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    The Austrian Imperial Order of Leopold (German: Österreichisch-kaiserlicher Leopold-Orden) (Hungarian: Osztrák Császári Lipót-rend) was founded by Franz I of Austria on 8 January 1808. The order's statutes stipulated only three grades: Grand Cross, Commander and Knight.

  4. Order of Leopold - Wikipedia

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    Order of Leopold may refer to: Order of Leopold (Austria), founded in 1808 by emperor Francis I of Austria and discontinued in 1918; Order of Leopold (Belgium), founded in 1832 by king Leopold I of Belgium; Order of Leopold II, founded in Congo Free State in 1900 as "Order of Leopold" and incorporated into the Belgian honor system in 1908, by ...

  5. Order of Leopold II - Wikipedia

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    The Order of Leopold II is an order of Belgium and is named in honor of King Leopold II.The decoration was established on 24 August 1900 by Leopold II as Sovereign of the Congo Free State and was in 1908, upon Congo being handed over to Belgium, incorporated into the Belgian awards system.

  6. Order of Léopold - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 30 November 2007, at 20:10 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  7. List of grand cordons of the Order of Leopold - Wikipedia

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    The grand cordon of the Order of Leopold is the highest and oldest rank of chivalry and a formal diplomatic gift of the Kingdom of Belgium. This honour is bestowed very rarely in name of the grand-master, the king of the Belgians. This list is chronological by official authorisation of the Royal Decree

  8. Category:Recipients of the Order of Leopold II - Wikipedia

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    This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Order of Leopold II. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients. The main article for this category is Order of Leopold II .

  9. Leopold I of Belgium - Wikipedia

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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.