Leopold II ., born April 9, 1835, son of King Leopold I., former Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and of Princess Louise, daughter of King Louis Philippe of the French, ascended the throne at the death of his father, Dec. 10, 1865 ; married, Aug. 22, 1853, to Marie Henriette , ...
The 21st of July is Belgium National Day. The date marks the day on which Belgium’s first monarch King Leopold I swore allegiance to the new Belgian constitution : 21 July 1831. Almost a year after the beginning of our revolution, ...
King of the Belgians, the name of the day was changed to the Name Day of His Majesty the King and was celebrated on November 15, Leopold II’s name day, the feast of his namesake saint,Leopold III, Margrave of Austriaknown as Saint Leopold the Good. July 21 was once again and still...
Albert was the son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Prince Philippe was the second surviving son of King Leopold I. Albert married Elisabeth of Bavaria in October of 1900. In December of 1909, he succeeded his uncle, Leopold II, as King o...
King Leopold II, who owned the Congo Free State as a private enterprise, systematically exploited the native population for his own commercial benefit, most notably with the production of wild rubber. To enforce the rubber quotas, the colonists cut off the limbs of the natives as a matter of...
was published,theBelgianCongo–known as the Congo Free State–was actually a personal possession of King Leopold II and not an officialBelgiancolony. wdl.org wdl.org 1896 年该地图出版时,比利时刚果,或称为刚果自由邦,实际上为国王利奥波德二世个人所拥有,而不是比利时的正式殖民地。
In a jaw-dropping interview, Belgian Prince Laurent, brother of King Philippe, attempted to defend his grandfather King Leopold II
King Leopold III, King of the Belgianwas born Prince Léopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubert Marie Miguel, on November 3, 1901, at thePalace of the Marquis d’Assche(link in French) in Brussels, Belgium. He was the eldest of three children of the futureAlbert I, King of the Belg...
Royal Palace of Brussels(Palais de Bruxelles) - official palace of King and Queen of Belgians in Antwerp district centre of nation's capital Brussels Belgium. Built in 1904 for King Leopold II,站酷海洛,一站式正版视觉内容平台,站酷旗下品牌.授权内容包含正
But the focus in Brussels has been on the visit of King Albert II to Belgium’s former colony, the first in 25 years. “Congolese crowds acclaim the arrival of ‘their’ king,” ran the banner headline ofLe Soir, francophone Belgium’s leading daily, claiming a million Congolese had “...