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Facts

Also Known As Leopold George Christiaan Frederik • Léopold-Georges-Chrétien-Frédéric
Born December 16, 1790 • Coburg • Germany
Died December 10, 1865 (aged 74) • Belgium
Title / Office king (1831-1865), Belgium
House / Dynasty Wettin dynasty
Notable Family Members daughter Carlota

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Leopold I, photograph by Nadar (Gaspard-Felix Tournachon).
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Willy Claes
Willy Claes
Belgian statesman
Paul-Henri Spaak.
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgian statesman
Émile Vandervelde
Émile Vandervelde
Belgian statesman
Jaspar, marble bust by Victor Rousseau; in the Chambre des Représentants, Brussels
Henri Jaspar
Belgian statesman
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Auguste, Baron Lambermont
Belgian statesman
Hymans, Paul
Paul Hymans
Belgian statesman
Leopold II
Leopold II
king of Belgium
Van Rompuy, Herman
Herman Van Rompuy
prime minister of Belgium
Pirenne, Henri
Henri Pirenne
Belgian historian
King Leopold III of Belgium in military uniform, standing outdoors in front of a column, 1950.
Leopold III
king of Belgium
King of the Belgians
Philippe, King of the Belgians
king of Belgium
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Charles Latour Rogier
Belgian statesman
Portrait of Albert I in military uniform, shown in profile facing left, with a high-collared jacket and shoulder strap.
Albert I
king of Belgium
Albert II
Albert II
king of Belgium
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Guy Verhofstadt
prime minister of Belgium
Frère-Orban, detail of an oil painting by Louis Gallait, 1880; in the Banque Nationale, Brussels
Walthère Frère-Orban
prime minister of Belgium
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Henri van der Noot
Belgian political leader
Camille Huysmans, oil painting by Isidore Opsomer, 1948
Camille Huysmans
Belgian writer and statesman
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Gaston Eyskens
prime minister of Belgium
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Jean-Baptiste-Julien d’ Omalius d’Halloy
Belgian geologist

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