Leopold I of Belgium
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Leopold I was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865.
Portrait by Nicaise de Keyser, 1856
Ehrenburg Palace in Coburg, where Leopold was born in 1790, pictured c. 1900
Napoleon and Alexander I depicted at the Congress of Erfurt
The charge of the cuirassiers at the Battle of Kulm
Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, was a reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, one of the ruling Thuringian dukes of the House of Wettin. As progenitor of a line of Coburg princes who, in the 19t
Leopold I of Belgium
…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…
Portrait by Johann Heinrich Schröder, 1800