Leopold II (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 ... Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant · King Leopold's Ghost · Congo Free State

15 нояб. 2024 г. · Leopold II (born April 9, 1835, Brussels, Belgium—died December 17, 1909, Laeken) was the king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 ...

1835 On 9 April, birth in Brussels of Leopold, Louis, Philippe, Marie, Victor, son of Leopold I and Louise-Marie. 1853 Prince Leopold entered the Senate, ...

12 июн. 2020 г. · Campaigners want statues of King Leopold II, who killed millions in Central Africa, to be removed.

On February 5, 1885, Belgian King Leopold II established the Congo Free State as his personal possession.

King of the Belgians (1865–1909). Succeeding his father, Leopold I, he led the first European efforts to develop the Congo River basin.

Leopold II (Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor) (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was King of the Belgians. He was born in Brussels.

Leopold II was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and, through his own efforts, the King-Sovereign of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.

Leopold II was the King of the Belgians from 1865 until 1909. Alongside serving as the constitutional monarch of Belgium, he also personally ruled over the ...

Belgian King Leopold II ordered horrible atrocities throughout the African continent but with the heaviest effect on the Democratic Republic of Congo.