Leopold I

American  

noun

1. 1640–1705, king of Hungary 1655–1705; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1658–1705.

2. 1790–1865, king of Belgium 1831–65.

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Leopold I British  

/ ˈlɪəˌpəʊld /

noun

1. 1640–1705, Holy Roman Emperor (1658–1705). His reign was marked by wars with Louis XIV of France and with the Turks

2. 1790–1865, first king of the Belgians (1831–65)

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Leopold I

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

Her father, King Leopold I, had died December 10, 1865.

From Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 by Sara Yorke Stevenson

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