Leopold II … King of the Belgians 1835–1909 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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Leopold II … King of the Belgians, 1835–1909 (aged 74 years)

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Leopold II … King of the Belgians

Name: Leopold II // King of the Belgians
Given names: Leopold II
Name suffix: King of the Belgians

Sex Male

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 16 December 1790 40 33 — Coburg, Bavaria, Germany Marriage: 2 May 1816 — St James's, City of Westminster, London, England Marriage: 9 August 1832 — Compiègne, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France Death: 10 December 1865 — Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Burial: Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charlotte Augusta Hanover Princess Son … Family with spouse Louise Marie d'Orleans … Leopold … Leopold II … King of the Belgians Philip … Count of Flanders Marie Charlotte … King of the Belgians Leopold I … 1790–1865 Birth: 16 December 1790 40 33 — Coburg, Bavaria, Germany Death: 10 December 1865 — Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
mother	Links Birth: 3 April 1812 39 30 — Palermo, Sicily, Italy Marriage: 9 August 1832 — Compiègne, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France Death: 11 October 1850 — Ostend, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium Burial: Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse King of the Belgians Leopold I … Leopold … Leopold II … King of the Belgians Philip … Count of Flanders Marie Charlotte … Louise Marie d'Orleans … 1812–1850 Birth: 3 April 1812 39 30 — Palermo, Sicily, Italy Death: 11 October 1850 — Ostend, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
Marriage	Marriage — 9 August 1832 — Compiègne, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France
17 months elder brother	Links Birth: 1833 42 20 Death: 1834 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Leopold … 1833–1834 Birth: 1833 42 20 Death: 1834
2 years himself	Links Birth: 9 April 1835 44 23 — Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Marriage: 1853 Death: 17 December 1909 — Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Burial: Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Maria Henrietta … Louise … Stephanie … Clementine … Leopold II … King of the Belgians 1835–1909 Birth: 9 April 1835 44 23 — Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Death: 17 December 1909 — Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: 1837 46 24 Marriage: 1867 Death: 1905 Unique identifier: 294DE4E7B9687245A642D67E228C4E97E822 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Marie Hohenzollern Baudouin … Henriette … Josephine … Josephine … of Belgium Albert I … Philip … Count of Flanders 1837–1905 Birth: 1837 46 24 Death: 1905
4 years younger sister	Links Birth: 1840 49 27 Marriage: 1857 Death: 1927 Unique identifier: 105F8CDD970BE941859417ABF2321D460655 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Maximilian … Archduke of Austria, Emperor of Mexico Marie Charlotte … 1840–1927 Birth: 1840 49 27 Death: 1927

Father’s family with Charlotte Augusta Hanover Princess
father	Links Birth: 16 December 1790 40 33 — Coburg, Bavaria, Germany Marriage: 2 May 1816 — St James's, City of Westminster, London, England Marriage: 9 August 1832 — Compiègne, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France Death: 10 December 1865 — Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Burial: Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charlotte Augusta Hanover Princess Son … Family with spouse Louise Marie d'Orleans … Leopold … Leopold II … King of the Belgians Philip … Count of Flanders Marie Charlotte … King of the Belgians Leopold I … 1790–1865 Birth: 16 December 1790 40 33 — Coburg, Bavaria, Germany Death: 10 December 1865 — Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
stepmother	Links Birth: 7 January 1796 33 — St James's, City of Westminster, London, England Marriage: 2 May 1816 — St James's, City of Westminster, London, England Death: 6 November 1817 — Esher, Surrey, England Burial: Windsor, Berkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse King of the Belgians Leopold I … Son … Charlotte Augusta Hanover Princess 1796–1817 Birth: 7 January 1796 33 — St James's, City of Westminster, London, England Death: 6 November 1817 — Esher, Surrey, England
Marriage	Marriage — 2 May 1816 — St James's, City of Westminster, London, England
20 months half-brother	Links Birth: 1817 26 20 Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Son … 1817–… Birth: 1817 26 20 Death:

Family with Maria Henrietta …
himself	Links Birth: 9 April 1835 44 23 — Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Marriage: 1853 Death: 17 December 1909 — Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Burial: Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Maria Henrietta … Louise … Stephanie … Clementine … Leopold II … King of the Belgians 1835–1909 Birth: 9 April 1835 44 23 — Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium Death: 17 December 1909 — Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
wife	Links Birth: 1836 60 Marriage: 1853 Death: 1902 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Leopold II … King of the Belgians Louise … Stephanie … Clementine … Maria Henrietta … 1836–1902 Birth: 1836 60 Death: 1902
Marriage	Marriage — 1853 —
6 years daughter	Links Birth: 1858 22 22 Marriage: 1875 Divorce: Death: 1924 Unique identifier: C487967623B6E84DBD9EC34DD5E47E242B03 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Philip … Prince of Saxe-Coburg Louise … 1858–1924 Birth: 1858 22 22 Death: 1924
7 years daughter	Links Birth: 1864 28 28 Marriage: 1881 Marriage: 1900 Death: 1945 Unique identifier: FE17AFC793624E449E8C77A2A1F240A0C8A2 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rudolf … Archduke of Austria Family with spouse Elemer … Prince Lonyai Stephanie … 1864–1945 Birth: 1864 28 28 Death: 1945
9 years daughter	Links Birth: 1872 36 36 Marriage: 1910 Death: 1955 Unique identifier: C79F2160BCDDC94089EE7BCA4B8F8E2AD795 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Victor … Prince Napoleon Clementine … 1872–1955 Birth: 1872 36 36 Death: 1955

Events of close relatives
Birth	9 April 1835 44 23 Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Birth of a brother	Philip … Count of Flanders 1837
Birth of a sister	Marie Charlotte … 1840
Death of a maternal grandfather	King of France Louis Philippe … 26 August 1850 Esher, Surrey, England Address: Claremont, Esher, Surrey, England.
Death of a mother	Louise Marie d'Orleans … 11 October 1850 Ostend, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium
Marriage	Maria Henrietta … — View this family 1853 (aged 17 years)
Birth of a daughter	Louise … 1858
Birth of a daughter	Stephanie … 1864
Death of a father	King of the Belgians Leopold I … 10 December 1865 Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Death of a maternal grandmother	Marie Amelie … of Bourbon 24 March 1866 Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Birth of a daughter	Clementine … 1872
Marriage of a daughter	Philip … Prince of Saxe-Coburg — Louise … — View this family 1875
Marriage of a daughter	Rudolf … Archduke of Austria — Stephanie … — View this family 1881
Marriage of a daughter	Elemer … Prince Lonyai — Stephanie … — View this family 1900
Death of a wife	Maria Henrietta … 1902
Death of a brother	Philip … Count of Flanders 1905
Burial of a father	King of the Belgians Leopold I … Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Burial of a mother	Louise Marie d'Orleans … Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Death	17 December 1909 (aged 74 years) Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Burial	Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Last change	24 October 2022 – 11:41:32 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	He was originally named Louis Philippe Marie Victor. At an early age he entered the Belgian army. In 1876 Leopold organized an international association to develop central Africa, and he later financed the expedition (1879-84) to the Congo Riverled by the British-American explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley. At the Berlin Conference of 1884-85, Leopold was recognized as sovereign of the Congo Free State, annexed to Belgium as the Belgian Congo in 1908, and now Zaire. Leopold incurredwidespRead criticism for his exploitation of the Congo, and, because of international protests, he was forced to institute reforms. He was succeeded by his nephew Albert I.

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He was originally named Louis Philippe Marie Victor. At an early age he entered the Belgian army. In 1876 Leopold organized an international association to develop central Africa, and he later financed the expedition (1879-84) to the Congo Riverled by the British-American explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley. At the Berlin Conference of 1884-85, Leopold was recognized as sovereign of the Congo Free State, annexed to Belgium as the Belgian Congo in 1908, and now Zaire. Leopold incurredwidespRead criticism for his exploitation of the Congo, and, because of international protests, he was forced to institute reforms. He was succeeded by his nephew Albert I.