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	Station Information - Leopold I of Belgium
		Leopold I, first King of the Belgians, (December 16, 1790 - December 10, 1865), was born in Ehrenburg Castle in the Bavarian town of Coburg, Germany, and named "Georges Chrétien Frédéric." He was the youngest son of Duke Francis Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield (1750-1806) and Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf (1757-1831).
		In 1795 -- as a mere toddler -- Leopold was appointed colonel of the Izmailovski Imperial Regiment in Russia.
		Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Marie Clément Baudouin Leopold George, Count of Flanders, born in Laeken on March 24, 1837 and died in Brussels on November 17, 1905, whose son succeeded Leopold II as Albert.
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	Leopold I of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leopold of Saxe-Coburg (December 16, 1790 - December 10, 1865), was the first king of Belgium, or more correct of the Belgians, according to the constitution of that country, since July 21, 1831.
		He was born as Leopold Georg Christian Friedrich (Wettin) in Ehrenburg Castle in the Bavarian town of Coburg as the youngest son of Duke Francis Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield (1750 - 1806) and of Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf (1757 - 1831).
		In 1795 – as a mere toddler – Leopold was appointed colonel of the Izmailovski Imperial Regiment in Russia.
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	Leopold II of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Outside of Belgium, however, 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 slavery and was responsible for the deaths of millions of Africans.
		Leopold was born in Brussels to Leopold I and Princesse Louise-Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle d'Orléans.
		Leopold II is still a controversial figure in the Democratic Republic of Congo; in 2005 his statue was taken down just hours after it was re-erected in the capital, Kinshasa.
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	Knowledge King - Leopold II of Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leopold II, King of the Belgians (Louis Philippe Marie Victor) (April 9, 1835 - December 17, 1909), succeeded his father, Leopold I of Belgium, to the Belgian throne in 1865.
		Leopold Ferdinand Elie Victor Albert Marie, Count of Hainaut (as eldest son of the heir apparent), Duke of Brabant (as heir apparent), born at Laeken on June 12, 1859 and died at Laeken on January 22, 1869.
		King Leopold's Belgian Congo was described as a colonial regime of slave labor, rape and mutilation in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
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	Leopold II of Belgium: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Leopold II of Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leopold II, King of the Belgians (April 9, 1835 - December 17, 1909), succeeded his father, Leopold I of Belgium, to the Belgian throne in 1865.
		Leopold II was most famous for having his own colony, the Congo Free State, which he virtually made his private property in 1884.
		Leopold Ferdinand Elie Victor Albert Marie, Duke of Brabant, Count of Hainaut, born at Laken on June 12, 1859 and died at Laeken on January 22, 1869.
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	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Leopold II (of Belgium) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leopold II (of Belgium) (1835-1909), king of the Belgians (1865-1909).
		The second son of King Leopold II and Queen Astrid, Albert was born in Brussels, and...
		Albert I (of Belgium) (1875-1934), king of the Belgians (1909-1934), nephew of King Leopold II.
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	Encyclopedia: Leopold-I-of-Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leopold I, first King of the Belgians, (December 16, 1790 - December 10, 1865), was born in Ehrenburg Castle in the Bavarian town of Coburg, and named Leopold Georg Christian Friedrich (LÃ©opold Georges ChrÃ©tien FrÃ©dÃ©ric in French, Leopold Georg Christiaan Frederik in Dutch).
		Joséphine-Charlotte Ingeborg Elisabeth Marie-José Marguerite Astrid, Princess of Belgium and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, (October 11, 1927 - January 10, 2005), was born at the Royal Palace of Brussels.
		His Royal Highness Prince Laurent of Belgium (Laurent BenoÃ®t Baudouin Marie Wettin) was born on October 19, 1963, in Brussels, Belgium, to King Albert II and Queen Paola of the Belgians (the then Prince and Princess of LiÃ¨ge).
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		In 1795 -- Leopold was only a toddler -- he was appointed colonel of the Izmailovski Imperial Regiment by the Russian czar.
		Later he helped his nephews ascend the thrones of Britain and Portugal, and he was a main advisor to his niece, Queen Victoria.
		Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Marie Clément Baudouin Leopold George, Count of Flanders, born in Laken[?] on March 24, 1837 and died in Brussels on November 17, 1905, whose son succeeded Leopold II as Albert.
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	Leopold I of Belgium -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On July 2, 1829, Leopold participated in nuptials of doubtful validity, (a private marriage contract with no religious or public ceremony) with actress Caroline Bauer, created Countess of Montgomery, a cousin of his advisor, (Click link for more info and facts about Christian Friedrich Freiherr von Stockmar) Christian Friedrich Freiherr von Stockmar.
		In 1840 Leopold arranged the marriage of his niece Queen (Click link for more info and facts about Victoria of England) Victoria of England to his nephew Prince (Click link for more info and facts about Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
		Leopold tried to pass laws to regulate female and (Click link for more info and facts about child labor) child labor in 1842, but the time was not yet ripe for it.
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	King Leopold I of Belgium and Baron Stockmar
		Leopold was elected the first monarch of Belgium after the country separated from the Netherlands in 1831.
		Not content with letters, however, King Leopold determined that the Princess should not lack personal guidance, and sent over to her aid the trusted friend whom, twenty years before, he had taken to his heart by the death-bed at Claremont.
		It was Stockmar's advice that had kept Prince Leopold in England during the critical years which followed his wife's death, and had thus secured to him the essential requisite of a point d'appui in the country of his adoption....
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	Encyclopedia: Leopold II of Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leopold I, first King of the Belgians, (December 16, 1790 - December 10, 1865), was born in Ehrenburg Castle in the Bavarian town of Coburg, and named Georg Christian Friedrich (Georges ChrÃ©tien FrÃ©dÃ©ric in French, George Christiaan Frederik in Dutch) He was the youngest son of Duke Francis...
		Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II Leopold II (born Peter Leopold Joseph) (Vienna, May 5, 1747 â€“ Vienna, March 1, 1792) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792 and Grand-duke of Tuscany.
		On November 15, 1908, King Leopold II of Belgium formally relinquished personal control of the Congo Free State and the renamed Belgian Congo came under the administration of the Belgian parliament, a system which lasted until independence was granted in 1960.
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	belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Belgium (België in Dutch, Belgique in French, and Belgien in German) is a small country located in Western Europe, bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and the North Sea.
		Belgium became a first-tier member of the Euro, the single European currency, in January 1999 and the Belgian franc was completely replaced by euro coins and banknotes in early 2002.
		In Belgium the main religion is Roman Catholicism, which consists of between 75 and 80% of the Belgian population.
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	Leopold II of Belgium
		King Leopold II His Majesty King Leopold II of the Belgians (Louis Philippe Marie Victor) (April 9, 1835–December 17, 1909), succeeded his father, Leopold I of Belgium, to the Belgian throne in 1865 and remained king until his death.
		Leopold Ferdinand Elie Victor Albert Marie, Count of Hainaut (as eldest son of the heir apparent), Duke of Brabant (as heir apparent), born at Laeken on June 12, 1859 and died at Laeken on January 22, 1869 from pneumonia, after falling into a pond.
		Much diplomatic maneuvering resulted in the Berlin Conference of 1884-85, at which representatives of 14 European countries and the United States recognized Leopold as sovereign of most of the area he and Stanley had laid claim to.
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	british monarchy - mong29 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Caroline Amelia of Brunswick was born in 1768 and died in 1821.
		Leopold I George of Saxe-Coburg King of Belgium [Parents] was born on 16 Dec 1790 in Coburg.
		Leopold II King of Belgium was born on 09 Apr 1835 and died on 17 Dec 1909.
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	Leopold II of Belgium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leopold II, King of the Belgians (Louis Philippe Marie Victor) (April 9, 1835 - December 17, 1909), succeeded his father, Leopold I of Belgium, to the Belgian throne in 1865 and remained king until his death.
		Outside of Belgium, however, he is chiefly remembered as the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State, a secret private enterprise scheme to extract rubber and ivory which was responsible for the death of an estimated 5-15 million Africans.
		Reports of outrageous exploitation and widespread human rights abuses (including enslavement and mutilation) of the native population, especially as it applied to the rubber industry, led to an international protest movement in the early 1900s.
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	Tucson Weekly: Costly Conquests (June 24 - June 30, 1999)
		KING LEOPOLD II of Belgium (1835-1909) was a strange man, even by the eccentric standards of the royal bloodline that produced him and his cousins Queen Victoria of England, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, Empress Carlota of Mexico and Tsar Nicholas of Russia.
		Rebuffed in his efforts, Leopold happened on newspaper accounts of the voyages of Henry Morton Stanley, the self-promoting journalist and explorer who had newly made himself famous by discovering the whereabouts of the Scottish traveler David Livingstone.
		Leopold importuned Stanley--a native of Wales who, for reasons of his own, passed himself off as an American--to help him conquer the hitherto unexplored area south of Uganda.
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	Bugs Bunny Leopold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leopold III of Austria (Saint Leopold) -- (1095-1136)
		Leopold the Strong (from the dynasty of the Otakars), Margrave of Styria from 1122 to 1129
		Leopold, Victoria is a suburb of Geelong, Australia.
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	Trenches on the Web - Bio: King Albert I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Albert ascended the throne on the death of his uncle, Leopold II, in 1909, due to the death of the intended heirs.
		Leopold's son died, then his nephew, which left Albert to reign at 16 years old.
		In 1918 Albert finally gave in to pressure and cooperated with the allies in the final offense of 1918, being made commander of the Flanders Army Group by General Foch of France.
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	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Leopold I (of Belgium)
		Leopold I (of Belgium) (1790-1865), king of the Belgians (1831-65).
		The son of Francis Frederick, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Leopold was born in...
		The Belgians drew up a constitution providing for a bicameral legislature elected by male property owners and a king whose executive acts had to be...
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	Belgium, 20 Gold Franc Leopold I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The son of Francis Frederick, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Leopold was born in Coburg, Germany; he was originally named Georges Chrétien Frédéric.
		In 1830 Leopold refused the Greek throne but the following year was elected the first monarch of Belgium after that country was separated from the Netherlands.
		He was succeeded by Leopold II, a son by his second marriage in 1832 to Louise d'Orléans, daughter of Louis Philippe, king of France.
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	Am Yisrael - Jewish Communities in Belgium
		The present incarnation of the country emerged in 1831 as a constitutional monarchy, out of the disaffection of Catholics with Dutch Protestant rule, of Liberals (the later secular humanists) with the "enlightened despot" manner of the Dutch king, and out of the desire of England and France to create a buffer state.
		It is doubtful that the kingdom of Belgium could have been successfully created without financial backing from the Rothschilds of London.
		One of Belgium's oldest engineering schools, the "Institut Montefiore" in Liege (now part of the Universite de Liege), carries the name of Georges Montefiore-Levi (whose mother was a first cousin of the illustrious Sir Moses Montefiore), the inventor of phosphorus bronze and a pioneer of Belgium's nonferrous metals industry, as well as an active philanthropist.
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	The Belgian Royal Family in the city of Ostend, Oostende in Belgium.
		Also, rumor quickly spread that Leopold II, who had numerous mistresses, preferred to be away from his wife in Brussels and spend more time in Oostende for his frequent amorous escapades.
		Leopold III preferred Knokke and his successor, King Boudewijn, preferred to spend his holidays in Spain, the home country of his wife Queen Fabiola.
		At the age of twenty she had to marry Leopold of Saxonia Coburg who had accepted to be the first king of the newly created Belgian State.
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