King Leopold II of Belgium

From redevance
HM The King of the Belgians
Titles King of Belgium
Reign 10 December 1865 - 17 December 1909
Coronation 29 June 1866
Predecessor Leopold I
Successor Albert
Biographical Information
Born 9 April 1835

Brussels, Belgium

Died 17 December 1909 (aged 74)

Brussels, Belgium

Spouse Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria

(m. 1853; w. 1902)

Issue Princess Louise

Duke Leopold of Brabant
Princess Stephanie
Princess Clementine

Name Leopold Ludwig Philipp Maria Viktor
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father King Leopold I of Belgium
Mother Princess Louise of France
Religion Roman Catholic

General

Life[edit | edit source]

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Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

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Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Princess Louise 18 February 1858 1 March 1924 (aged 66) Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (m. 1875; div. 1906); had issue
Duke Leopold of Brabant 12 June 1859 22 January 1869 (aged 9) Died in childhood
Princess Stephanie 21 May 1864 23 August 1945 (aged 81) (1) Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (m. 1881); had issue

(2) Elemer, Prince of Nagy-Lonya (m. 1900); no issue

Princess Clementine 30 July 1872 8 March 1955 (aged 82) Victor, Prince Napoleon (m. 1910); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1835-1865 Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant
  • 1865-1909 Leopold II, King of the Belgians

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
King Leopold I of Belgium Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Countess Augusta of Ebersdorf

Duke Ernest Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Heinrich XXIV, Count of Ebersdorf

Countess Caroline Ernestine of Erbach-Schonberg

Duke Francis Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Duke Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Heinrich XXIX, Count of Ebersdorf

Countess Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen

George August, Count of Erbach-Schonberg

Countess Ferdinande Henriette of Stolberg-Gedern

Princess Louise of France King Louis Philippe I of France

Princess Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies

Duke Louis Philippe II of Orleans


Marie Adelaide de Bourbon

King Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies

Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria

Duke Louis Philippe I of Orleans


Princess Louise Henriette of Bourbon-Conti

Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon

Princess Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este

King Charles III of Spain

Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony

Emperor Francis I of Austria

Princess Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies