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Leopold was eager for the marriage to work as it would establish a branch of his family in South America. However, Philip was unimpressed and abandoned the project. [136] By the end of Leopold's reign, Belgium still lacked colonies, however his son would soon acquire the Congo as his own personal private property, before it would secede to Belgium.
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Leopold, the first King of Belgium with strong connections to the British Royal Family, made a dynastic match with Louise who was the eldest daughter of the French monarch Louis Philippe I. [3] [4] France had provided military support to Belgium against the Netherlands during recent fighting in the wake of the Belgian Revolution.
Sculptural busts of the first five Belgian monarchs in the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces. This is a list of Belgian monarchs from 1831 when the first Belgian king, Leopold I, ascended the throne, after Belgium seceded from the Kingdom of the Netherlands during the Belgian Revolution of 1830.
Leopold I may refer to: Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (d. 994), first Margrave of Austria; Leopold I, Duke of Austria (1290–1326), co-Duke of Austria and Styria with Frederick I; Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640–1705), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia; Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676–1747), Prince of ...
Portrait of Leopold I of Belgium is an 1840 portrait painting by the German artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter depicting Leopold I of Belgium. [1] [2] A German-born prince, Leopold had become the first King of the Belgians following the Belgian Revolution of 1830 that overthrew Dutch rule. He married a French princess Louise of Orléans in 1832.
Order of Leopold established. [1] Provisional postal convention between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Frankfurt am Main. [2] 9 August – Leopold I of Belgium marries Louise of Orléans. [1] 20 October – Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella replaces Félix de Muelenaere as Prime Minister
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