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5 de abr. de 2024 · Leopold II (born April 9, 1835, Brussels, Belgium—died December 17, 1909, Laeken) was the king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909. Keen on establishing Belgium as an imperial power, he led the first European efforts to develop the Congo River basin, making possible the formation in 1885 of the Congo Free State, annexed in 1908 as the Belgian ...
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.
- 17 December 1865 – 17 December 1909
- Louise of Orléans
12 de jun. de 2020 · 12 June 2020. By Georgina Rannard & Eve Webster,BBC News. Getty Images. Leopold II ruled Belgium from 1865-1909 - activists want this statue in Brussels removed due to his brutal regime in Congo...
Bibliografía. Películas. Enlaces externos. 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.
- Leopoldo Luis Felipe María Víctor de Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha
- Leopoldo I
- Duque de Brabante, (1840-1865)
- Alberto I
King Leopold II. 1835. On 9 April, birth in Brussels of Leopold, Louis, Philippe, Marie, Victor, son of Leopold I and Louise-Marie. 1853. Prince Leopold entered the Senate, of which he was a member by right. On 22 August, he married Marie-Henriette of Habsburg-Lorraine, Arch-Duchess of Austria.
He was the brother of Charlotte, Empress of Mexico and cousin to Queen Victoria. Outside of Belgium, he is chiefly remembered as the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State, a private project undertaken by the king to extract rubber and ivory, which relied on forced labor.
