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Leopold depicted on the first Belgian postage stamp, issued in 1849. Leopold I's reign was also marked by an economic crisis which lasted until the late 1850s. In the aftermath of the revolution, the Dutch had closed the Scheldt to Belgian shipping, meaning that the port of Antwerp was effectively useless. The Netherlands and the Dutch colonies ...
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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.
Leopold II, King of the Belgians, privately controlled and owned the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. In 1908, the area was annexed by Belgium as a colony known as the Belgian Congo. Leopold used his personal control to strip the country of vast amounts of wealth, largely in the form of ivory and rubber.
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
The monarchy of Belgium is the constitutional and hereditary institution of the monarchical head of state of Belgium.As a popular monarchy, the Belgian monarch uses the title king/queen of the Belgians [a] and serves as the country's head of state and commander-in-chief of the Belgian Armed Forces.
of Belgium 1942–2009: Léa Wolman b. 1951: Marie Christine of Belgium b. 1951: Marie Esméralda of Belgium b. 1956: Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz b. 1973: Philippe King of the Belgians b. 1960 r.2013–present: Astrid of Belgium b. 1962 Archduchess of Austria-Este: Lorenz Archduke of Austria-Este b. 1955: Laurent of Belgium b. 1963: Claire Coombs ...
Leopold III [a] (3 November 1901 – 25 September 1983) was King of the Belgians from 23 February 1934 until his abdication on 16 July 1951. At the outbreak of World War II, Leopold tried to maintain Belgian neutrality, but after the German invasion in May 1940, he surrendered his country, earning him much hostility, both at home and abroad.