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| | Leopold I of Belgium Summary |
 | | The youngest son of Francis Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Leopold was born in Coburg, Germany, on Dec. 16, 1790. |
 | | He functioned as a principal advisor to his niece, Queen Victoria (reigned 1837 - 1901), the daughter of his sister Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. |
 | | 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, Christian Friedrich Freiherr von Stockmar. |
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