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Leopold II of Belgium

1835 - 1909

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Leopold II (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. Born in Brussels as the second but eldest-surviving son of King Leopold I and Queen Louise, Leopold succeeded his father to the Belgian throne in 1865 and reigned for 44 years until his death, the longest reign of a Belgian monarch to date. He died without surviving legitimate sons; the current King of the Belgians, Philippe, descends from his nephew and successor, Albert I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leopold II of Belgium has received more than 9,695,108 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Leopold II of Belgium is the 223rd most popular politician (up from 331st in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 11th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Politician.

Leopold II was the King of Belgium from 1865-1909. He is most famous for his brutal rule over the Congo and his exploitation of the Congo's natural resources.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leopold II of Belgium ranks 223 out of 19,576. Before him are Klemens von Metternich, Louis IX of France, Nicholas I of Russia, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Harun al-Rashid, and Sonia Gandhi. After him are Joseph Goebbels, António de Oliveira Salazar, Sennacherib, Mehmed VI, Yuri Andropov, and Enver Hoxha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Leopold II of Belgium ranks 2. Before him is Mark Twain. After him are Empress Dowager Cixi, Pope Pius X, Camille Saint-Saëns, Cesare Lombroso, Adolf von Baeyer, Andrew Carnegie, César Cui, Samuel Butler, Giovanni Schiaparelli, and Henryk Wieniawski. Among people deceased in 1909, Leopold II of Belgium ranks 1. After him are Cesare Lombroso, Geronimo, Itō Hirobumi, Isaac Albéniz, Hermann Minkowski, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Francisco Tárrega, Peder Severin Krøyer, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Leopold II of Belgium ranks 8 out of 1,190. Before him are Pepin the Short (715), Clovis I (466), Charles Martel (688), Audrey Hepburn (1929), Jan van Eyck (1395), and René Magritte (1898). After him are Gerardus Mercator (1512), Maurice Maeterlinck (1862), Andreas Vesalius (1514), Anthony van Dyck (1599), Leopold III of Belgium (1901), and Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Leopold II of Belgium ranks 4. Before him are Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500), Pepin the Short (715), and Clovis I (466). After him are Leopold III of Belgium (1901), Ursula von der Leyen (1958), Philip I of Castile (1478), Albert II of Belgium (1934), Mary of Burgundy (1457), Albert I of Belgium (1875), Samo (600), and Baudouin of Belgium (1930).

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