Lion's Mound
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The Lion's Mound is a large conical artificial hill in the municipality of Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. King William I of the Netherlands ordered its construction in 1820, and it was com
The immense Butte du Lion ("Lion's Mound") overlooking the battlefield of Waterloo
The erection of the Lion's Mound, 1825. Engraving by Jobard, after a Bertrand drawing.
The Lion's Mound and the rotunda of the Panorama of the Battle of Waterloo
The Leo Belgicus on top of the mound at the site of the battle
William II was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg. He reigned for just under nine years, making him the shortest-reigning monarch in Dutch history.
Lion's Mound
…ordered its construction in 1820, and it was completed in 1826. It commemorates the spot on the battlefield of Waterloo where the king's elder son, Prince William of Orange, is presumed to have been wounded on 18 June 1815, as well as the Battle of Quatre Bras, which had been fought two days earlier. The hill offers a vista…
Portrait by Nicolaas Pieneman, c. 1849
William II at the Battle of Waterloo, by Nicaise de Keyser, 1846
Portrait of William II and Anna Pavlovna (1816) by Jan Willem Pieneman
Portrait of William II, painted in 1817 by Karel Pieter Verhulst