Leopold II

noun

1747–92, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1790–92 (son of Francis I; brother of Joseph II and Marie Antoinette).
1835–1909, king of Belgium 1865–1909 (son of Leopold I of Belgium).

Leopold II

Leopold II17471792MGermanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1747–92, Holy Roman Emperor (1790–92). He formed an alliance with Prussia against France (1792) after the downfall of his brother-in-law Louis XVI
Leopold II18351909MBelgianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1835–1909, king of the Belgians (1865–1909); son of Leopold I. He financed Stanley's explorations in Africa, becoming first sovereign of the Congo Free State (1885)

It was established in 1886, when Leopold II of the Belgians gave the Royal Family racing pigeons (left).

And so Sanford went to Washington, D.C., as a lobbyist for King Leopold II.

Morgan issued a report on Leopold II and the Congo that was drafted with considerable input from Sanford.

Among the princes it excited horror and alarm, and in 1792 the emperor Leopold II.

It is quite possible that had Leopold II still been at the helm in 1914, his country's fate might have been different.

And the worthy rector, taking courage from the fact that he had known Leopold II for thirty years, preached him a long sermon.

Leopold II did not always, however, take this view of the constitutional monarchy.

Leopold II had a trick of performing these sudden and unexpected acts of kindness.

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