Leopold I was the first King of the Belgians, reigning from July 1831 until his death in 1865. The youngest son of Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, ...

Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was sworn in on the 21st of July 1831 and became the first King of the Belgians. Leopold I is the founding King of Belgium.

German prince who became the first King of the Belgians (1790–1865)

Leopold himself rejected the second option of becoming King of Greece. Finally, in 1831 he was elected King of Belgium. Elected by the Belgian people, King ...

17 фев 2019 · In Victoria's second season it was revealed that King Leopold might, in fact, have been Prince Albert's biological father—the product of a ...

He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. His children included Leopold II of Belgium and Empress Carlota of Mexico. He was born ...

Born Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, died Laeken, Belgium. Fourth son of Francis, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Augusta, daughter of Henry XXIV, Count of Reuss ...

Abstract. Belgian King Leopold's connection to freemasonry was tenuous at best. He had been accepted 'by proxy' under the auspices of a Swiss lodge but most ...

-4 d · Leopold II (born April 9, 1835, Brussels, Belgium—died December 17, 1909, Laeken) was the king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909.

The son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (the brother of King Léopold II) and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Albert I was Prince of ...