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	Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leopold II was the son of the grand-duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany, whom he succeeded in 1824.
		Leopold at first gave way, and entrusted Don Neri Corsini with the formation of a ministry The popular demands presented by Corsini were for the abdication of Leopold in favour of his son, an alliance with Piedmonl and the reorganization of Tuscany in accordance with the eventual and definite reorganization of Italy.
		Leopold of Tuscany was a well-meaning, not unkindly man, and fonder of his subjects than were the other Italian despots, but he was weak, and too closely bound by family ties and Habsburg traditions ever to become a real Liberal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leopold_II_of_Tuscany (1149 words)

	Worldroots.com
		dghtr of Grandduke Leopold II of Tuscany and Maria Anna of Saxony
		(son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and GD of Tuscany and Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain)
		(son of Emperor Leopold II and Maria Ludovicas of Bourbon)
	worldroots.com /brigitte/royal/habs-a.htm (851 words)

	Encyclopedia: Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
		Leopold II was the son of the grand-duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany, whom he succeeded in 1824.
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		Leopold at first gave way, and entrusted Don Neri Corsini with the formation of a ministry The popular demands presented by Corsini were for the abdication of Leopold in favour of his son, an alliance with Piedmonl and the reorganization of Tuscany in accordance with the eventual and definite reorganization of Italy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Leopold-II,-Grand-Duke-of-Tuscany (2262 words)

	Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor : Emperor Leopold II
		Leopold II (1747-1792), Roman emperor, and grand-duke of Tuscany, son of the empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis Stephen of Lorraine, was born in Vienna on May 5, 1747.
		Leopold at first gave way, and entrusted Don Neri Corsini with the formation of a ministry The popular demands presented by Corsini were for the abdication of Leopold in favour of his son, an alliance with Piedmonl and the reorganization of Tuscany in accordance with the eventual and definite reorganization of Italy.
		Leopold of Tuscany was a well-meaning, not unkindly man, and fonder of his subjects than were the other Italian despots, but he was weak, and too closely bound by family ties and Habsburg traditions ever to become a real Liberal.
	www.termsdefined.net /em/emperor-leopold-ii.html (1567 words)

	Leopold II of Tuscany
		Leopold II was the son of the grand-duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany, whom he succeeded in 1824.
		Leopold at first gave way, and entrusted Don Neri Corsini with the formation of a ministry The popular demands presented by Corsini were for the abdication of Leopold in favour of his son, an alliance with Piedmonl and the reorganization of Tuscany in accordance with the eventual and definite reorganization of Italy.
		Leopold of Tuscany was a well-meaning, not unkindly man, and fonder of his subjects than were the other Italian despots, but he was weak, and too closely bound by family ties and Habsburg traditions ever to become a real Liberal.
	www.portaljuice.com /leopold_ii_of_tuscany.html (1117 words)

	Leopold II of Tuscany
		Leopold II was the son of the grand-duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany, whom he succeeded in 1824.
		Leopold at first gave way, and entrusted Don Neri Corsini with the formation of a ministry The popular demands presented by Corsini were for the abdication of Leopold in favour of his son, an alliance with Piedmonl and the reorganization of Tuscany in accordance with the eventual and definite reorganization of Italy.
		Leopold of Tuscany was a well-meaning, not unkindly man, and fonder of his subjects than were the other Italian despots, but he was weak, and too closely bound by family ties and Habsburg traditions ever to become a real Liberal.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/leopold_ii_of_tuscany (1180 words)

	Encyclopedia: Leopold II of Belgium
		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.
		Leopold II is perceived by many Belgians as the "King-Builder" ("le Roi-BÃ¢tisseur" in French, "Koning-Bouwer" in Dutch) because he commissioned a great number of buildings and urbanistic projects in Belgium (mainly in Brussels, Ostend and Antwerp).
		Many prominent writers of the time took part in international condemnation of Leopold II's exploitation of the Congo, including Arthur Conan Doyle, Booker T. Washington, and those mentioned below.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Leopold-II-of-Belgium (3708 words)

	Royal Family of Europe - pafg135 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Leopold II OF TUSCANY was born in 1797 in, Tuscany, Italy.
		Leopold II Grand Duke Of TUSCANY was born on 3 Oct 1797 in Firenze, Italy.
		Ferdinando III Grand Duke Of TUSCANY King of Etruria [Parents] was born on 6 May 1769 in Firenze, Italy.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg135.htm (936 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Tuscany
		The administration of his son Leopold II (1824-60) was long considered the most liberal in Italy, although he reigned as an absolute sovereign.
		Tuscany, or Tuscia as it was called in the Middle Ages, became a part of the Frankish Empire during the reign of Charlemagne and was formed a margravate, the margrave of which was also made the ruler several times of the Duchy of Spoleto and Camerino.
		In 1782 Leopold suppressed the Inquisition, reduced the possessions of the Church, suppressed numerous monasteries, and interfered in purely internal ecclesiastical matters for the benefit of the Jansenists.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15103b.htm (2070 words)

	VITTORIO, COUNT FOSSOMBRONI - LoveToKnow Article on VITTORIO, COUNT FOSSOMBRONI
		He obtained an official appointment in Tuscany in 1782, and twelve years later was entrusted by the grand duke with the direction of the works for the drainage of the Val di Chiana, on which subject he had published a treatise in 1789.
		He was the real master of Tuscany, and the bases of his rule were equality of all subjects before the law, honesty in the administration of justice and toleration of opinion, but he totally neglected the moral improvement of the people.
		In 1796 he was made minister for foreign affairs, but on the French occupation of Tuscany in 1799 he fled to Sicily.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FO/FOSSOMBRONI_VITTORIO_COUNT.htm (322 words)

	Leopold II (1747-1792)
		The third son of the Habsburg Maria Theresa and the emperor Francis I., Leopold succeeded his father as duke of Tuscany when his eldest brother became emperor as Joshep II.
		After Joseph II died in February 1790, Leopold was elected emperor (and also became king of Hungary and archduke of Austria).
		Like Joseph, Leopold was influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment and was determined to construct an efficient state apparatus at the expense of feudal interests.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/EmperorLeopold-II/EmperorLeopold-II.html (230 words)

	TUSCANY (Toscana) - Online Information article about TUSCANY (Toscana)
		throne of the grand duchy by his younger son, Leopold I. Leopold resided in Tuscany and proved one of the most capable and remarkable of the reforming princes of the 18th century.
		opinion between the moderates, who favoured a constitutional Tuscany under Leopold, but forming part of an Italian federation, and the popular party, who aimed at the See also:
		The restoration in Tuscany was unaccompanied by the excesses which characterized it elsewhere, and much of the French legisla-The tion was retained.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TUM_VAN/TUSCANY_Toscana_.html (3207 words)

	Leopold II on Encyclopedia.com
		Leopold II is generally considered a ruler of outstanding diplomatic and administrative abilities.
		When Leopold succeeded (1790) his brother Joseph II as emperor and as ruler of the Hapsburg lands, he took over a nearly disrupted state.
		Although he hoped to avoid war with revolutionary France, Leopold instigated (1791) the Declaration of Pillnitz, by which the emperor and the king of Prussia stated that if all other European powers would join them, they were prepared to restore Louis XVI to his lawful powers by force.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/Leopo2H1R1E1.asp (712 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Leopold II Habsburg-Lotharingen
		The third son of the Habsburg Maria Theresa and the emperor Francis I, Leopold succeeded his father as duke of Tuscany when his eldest brother became emperor as Joseph II in 1765.
		Leopold married Maria Luisa of Spain de Bourbon, daughter of Charles III of Spain de Bourbon and Mary Amalia Saxony Wettin, on 5 Aug 1765.
		After Joseph II died in February 1790, Leopold was elected emperor (and also became king of Hungary and archduke of Austria).
	nygaard.howards.net /files/4014.htm (303 words)

	Dream Holiday at Castello di Magona in Tuscany - the luxury holiday that you will not forget
		Castello di Magona was built during the first decade of the 16TH century and became the residence of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, during the reclamation of the Maremma land.
		Leopold II was born on the 3rd of October 1797 in Florence and died in Rome on the 29th of January 1870.
		He was the last Grand Duke of Tuscany and reigned from 1824 to 1859.
	www.castellodimagona.it /history.php (244 words)

	Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leopold II was the son of the grand-duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany, whom he succeeded in 1824.
		Leopold at first gave way, and entrusted Don Neri Corsini with the formation of a ministry The popular demands presented by Corsini were for the abdication of Leopold in favour of his son, an alliance with Piedmonl and the reorganization of Tuscany in accordance with the eventual and definite reorganization of Italy.
		Leopold of Tuscany was a well-meaning, not unkindly man, and fonder of his subjects than were the other Italian despots, but he was weak, and too closely bound by family ties and Habsburg traditions ever to become a real Liberal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leopold_II_of_Tuscany (244 words)

	Cucina Italiana: Tuscany - A short historical-geographical account
		With the fall of the Roman Empire the widespread large estates, the abandonment of the countryside and malaria determined the phenomenon of the reappearnce of the marshes of the Marmemma that continued until 1826 when Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany performed reclamation works deviating the water from the rivers Cornia, Pacone and Ombrone.
		This geographic zone includes the Tyrrhenian coastal plain of the Versilia all’Agro pontino, and more precisely the plain of Pisa, that of Grosseto, the western slopes of the Agro Romano and other minor coastal and flood plains.
		The first reclamation works where done by the Etruscans who founded Tarquinia, Populonia, Ansedonia, Vetulonia and where continued in Roman times, when important hydraulic works permitted economic prosperity and the populating of some swampy land near to the coast.
	www.emmeti.it /Cucina/Toscana/Storia/Toscana.ART.63.en.html (298 words)

	Cultural Catholic - Pope Pius VI
		Simultaneously, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II's brother, Peter Leopold II Grand Duke of Tuscany, instructed his bishop, Bishop Ricci of Pistoia, to pass a number of antipapal resolutions at the 1786 Pistoia synod.
		Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II of Austria’s eccentric actions were more than an annoyance to Pope Pius VI, so the pope made the long journey to Vienna to convince Joseph II to cease his imperial meddling.
		Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II’s attempts to make the state supreme in matters of conscience matched the French Revolutionaries' drive to set up a state church by means of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790).
	www.culturalcatholic.com /PopePiusVI.htm (643 words)

	Austria France Italian Independence War 1859
		On April 27 Leopold II of Tuscany had been overthrown by insurgents, and moderate political leaders headed by Baron Bettino Ricasoli had formed a provisional government.
		England, however, was opposed to the restoration of conservative governments in Modena and Tuscany, and Napoleon III, with his position at home strengthened by the acquisition of Savoy and Nice, reconsidered his position.
		With Napoleon's approval, Victor Emmanuel II made a speech from his throne in which he declared himself ready to hear "il grido di dolore" ("the cry of woe") against Austrian oppression that arose from every part of Italy.
	www.onwar.com /aced/data/india/italy1859.htm (1308 words)

	The Mystery of Rennes Le Chateau #16
		They enter the story of Rennes-le-Chateau with the arrival of the emissary, supposedly sent on behalf of the Comtesse de Chambord, the former Marie de Hapsburg-Lorraine, daughter of Leopold II, Archduke of Tuscany and the Piedmont of Italy, and widow of the Pretender, Henry V of France.
		Leopold's eldest son Ferdinand renounced his claim to the throne, as did the middle brother Ludwig, who became a locksmith.
		Leopold II, Marie and Johann's father, backed his cousin the Emperor Franz Joseph in the struggles for Italian independence.
	vincentbridges.com /rennes/16.html (1058 words)

	Leopold II, grand duke of Tuscany
		Leopold II Leopold II, 1797–1870, grand duke of Tuscany (1824–59).
		Refusing the demands of the extremists, however, Leopold left Tuscany in Feb., 1849, and returned several months later in the wake of Austrian troops.
		In 1852 he repealed the constitution, and in 1859 he was forced to abdicate in favor of his son, Ferdinand IV, who was deposed in 1860.
	www.factmonster.com /id/A0829453 (103 words)

	Subject Index Page 43. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Leopold I, grand duke of Tuscany (later Leopold II, Holy Roman emperor)
		Leopold, prince of Saxe-Coburg and later king of Belgium
	www.bartleby.com /67/s43.html (250 words)

	Tuscany
		Tuscany 1848-49 Under the rule of the Grand Duke Leopold II Tuscany enjoyed a relatively more liberal regime than other Italian states.
		In 1847, following the example of Pope Pius IX during his so-called liberal phase, the grand duke had conceded numerous reforms, reforms to which the Austrian Chancellor Metternich had strongly objected threatening to occupy the Tuscany should Leopold persist in liberalizing his government.
		When in 1848 news of the revolts in southern Italy reached Tuscany, street riots, particularly in the port city of Leghorn, open to all new radical ideas, brought revolution to hitherto tranquil Tuscany.
	www.ohiou.edu /~Chastain/rz/tuscany.htm (594 words)

	Hapsburgs
		Son of Grandduke Leopold II of Tuscany and Princess Maria Antonia of Bourbon and the Two Sicilies
		Crown Princess of Naples and Sicily, daughter of Emperor Leopold II and Princess Maria Ludovica of Bourbon-Spain
		Born in Vienna, the son and successor of Emperor Maximilian II, Rudolf II of Habsburg served as Holy Roman Emperor (1576-1612), King of Hungary (1572-1608), and King of Bohemia (1575-1611).
	www.geocities.com /historyofaustria/habsburgs.html (6790 words)

	Villas Of The World Upscale Vacation Rentals
		The historical home of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II, half way between Lucca and Siena, looking out over the Maremma coastline, is happy to welcome whoever wishes to concede themselves a magical moment of relaxation.
		On the right hand side of the entrance hall, there is a ceramic tiled and well lit dining room, where guests will enjoy their buffet breakfast, along with lunch and dinner should they so choose.
		At the end of this dining room, one has access to a much smaller and very intimate dining room and the kitchen.
	www.villasoftheworld.com /listing.ihtml?ocref=6723 (1135 words)

	Joseph II and Leopold II (from Hungary) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		History > Habsburg rule, 1699–1918 > Habsburg rule to 1867 > Joseph II and Leopold II The nation was shocked out of its lethargy by the accession of Maria Theresa's son, Joseph II, on her death in 1780.
		Mohammad II (Mehmed the Conqueror) (1432–81), Ottoman sultan, born in Adrianople (now Edirne); during rule (1444–46 and 1451–81), captured Constantinople and thus completed the Ottoman destruction of the Byzantine Empire; fourth son of Murad II; restored and repopulated Constantinople after capture in 1453; reorganized Ottoman administration, codified laws, encouraged scholarship...
		Extensive collection of primary source documents and links from official sources on World War II.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-34801 (774 words)

	Worldroots.com
		(son of Leopold II, GD of Tuscany+Archduke of Austria
		(son of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II and Maria Luisa, Infanta of Spain)
		(son of Franz II-I, Holy Roman Emperor of Austria and Princess Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily)
	worldroots.com /brigitte/royal/habs-j.htm (336 words)

	NINETEENTH GENERATION
		Grand Duke Ferdinand III of TUSCANY was born in 1769 in Austria - son of Leopold II.
		Grand Duke Ferdinand III of TUSCANY had the following children:
		He Regained Duchy of Tuscany between 1814 and 1824.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d11089.htm (46 words)

	Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor Information - TextSheet.com
		Leopold II May 5, 1747 - March 1, 1792), Roman emperor, and grand-duke of Tuscany, son of the empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis Stephen of Lorraine, was born in Vienna.
		Leopold was one of the so-called " enlightened monarchs ".
		Leopold was too purely a politician not to be secretly pleased at the destruction of the power of France and of her influence in Europe by her internal disorders.
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