Leopold I
Americannoun
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1640–1705, king of Hungary 1655–1705; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1658–1705.
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1790–1865, king of Belgium 1831–65.
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1640–1705, Holy Roman Emperor (1658–1705). His reign was marked by wars with Louis XIV of France and with the Turks
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1790–1865, first king of the Belgians (1831–65)
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In 1689 William joined forces with Leopold I, the Holy Roman Emperor, in a nine-year confrontation with the French that would become known as the War of the League of Augsburg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Leopold: I usually didn’t bring documents home in my briefcase, but one time I did, and on that night my Volkswagen Beetle was broken into.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2017
Late in his career, however, he stepped up his game with a large, ambitious multifigure scene, the “Repentant Magdalene,” thought to be a commission for Emperor Leopold I of Vienna.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2016
The program features works by, among others, Bertali, Buonamente, Fux and Schmelzer, who composed for the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, a music lover who recruited virtuosos from Italy and Austria.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2014
The Royal Family of Belgium was founded when, in 1831, the people elected King Leopold I to rule the destinies of that country.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller
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