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Leopold II (French: Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor; Dutch: Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor; 9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.
Leopold II, king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909. He led the first European efforts to develop the Congo River basin. Although he played a significant role in the development of the modern Belgian state, he was also responsible for widespread atrocities committed under his rule against his colonial subjects.
- Although Leopold II established Belgium as a colonial power in Africa, he is best known for the widespread atrocities that were carried out under h...
- Leopold II was the second son of Leopold I, first king of the Belgians, and his second wife, Marie-Louise of Orléans. The couple's first son, Louis...
- Leopold II implemented a forced-labour system in the Congo that was quickly copied by other European colonial powers. This brutal practice was a ca...
- While Leopold II did much to establish Belgium as an economically and militarily stable power in Europe, he is chiefly remembered for the nightmari...
22 de dic. de 2018 · Leopoldo II, quien reinó en Bélgica entre 1865 y 1909, buscó convertir su pequeño país en una potencia imperial para lo cual lideró los esfuerzos para desarrollar la cuenca del río Congo.
Leopoldo II de Bélgica (Léopold Louis-Philippe Marie Victor de Saxe-Cobourg et Gotha; Bruselas, 9 de abril de 1835-Laeken, 17 de diciembre de 1909) fue el segundo rey de los belgas. Sucedió a su padre, Leopoldo I, en el trono de Bélgica en 1865 y permaneció hasta su muerte.
12 de jun. de 2020 · Leopold II ruled Belgium from 1865-1909 - activists want this statue in Brussels removed due to his brutal regime in Congo Free State. Inside the palatial walls of Belgium's Africa Museum stand...
Rey de Bélgica, perteneciente a la dinastía de Sajonia-Coburgo (Bruselas, 1835 - Laeken, 1909). Sucedió a su padre, Leopoldo I de Bélgica, en 1865. Como su antecesor, fue un hábil diplomático, capaz de obtener, merced al apoyo de Gran Bretaña, que la neutralidad belga fuera respetada en la confrontación entre Bismarck y Napoleón III ...
16 de nov. de 2022 · Between 1885 and 1908, King Leopold II of Belgium ruled the Congo Free State as his personal possession and extracted untold riches while murdering millions. The most brutal genocide you've never heard of.
