POLITICIAN

Leopold I of Belgium

1790 - 1865

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Leopold I (French: Léopold; born Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; 16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first King of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865. The youngest son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Leopold took a commission in the Imperial Russian Army and fought against Napoleon after French troops overran Saxe-Coburg during the Napoleonic Wars. After Napoleon's defeat, Leopold moved to the United Kingdom, where in 1816 he married Princess Charlotte of Wales, the only child of the British Prince Regent (later George IV). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leopold I of Belgium has received more than 3,773,710 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Leopold I of Belgium is the 444th most popular politician (up from 467th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Germany (up from 129th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular German Politician.

Leopold I of Belgium is most famous for being the first King of the Belgians, and for his role in the Congo Free State.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leopold I of Belgium ranks 444 out of 19,576. Before him are Osman III, Jiang Zemin, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Constantine II of Greece, Puyi, and Emperor Taizong of Tang. After him are Peisistratos, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Menkaure, Louis X of France, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and Otho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Leopold I of Belgium ranks 2. Before him is Jean-François Champollion. After him are August Ferdinand Möbius, Alphonse de Lamartine, Sunjo of Joseon, John Tyler, George Everest, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Nicolas Chauvin, John Frederic Daniell, Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, and John Austin. Among people deceased in 1865, Leopold I of Belgium ranks 5. Before him are Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and Ignaz Semmelweis. After him are Emil Lenz, William Rowan Hamilton, Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Johann Franz Encke, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, and Christian Jürgensen Thomsen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Leopold I of Belgium ranks 124 out of 7,253. Before him are Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Novalis (1772), Wim Wenders (1945), Augustus II the Strong (1670), and Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472). After him are Michael Schumacher (1969), Lothair I (795), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Heinrich Böll (1917), Michel Ney (1769), and Walter Gropius (1883).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Leopold I of Belgium ranks 32. Before him are Frederick III, German Emperor (1831), Henry the Fowler (876), Clara Zetkin (1857), Charles the Fat (839), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), and Augustus II the Strong (1670). After him are Lothair I (795), George I of Great Britain (1660), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), Frederick William III of Prussia (1770), Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), and Frederick William I of Prussia (1688).

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