Princess Louise of Belgium
Princess Louise Marie Amélie of Belgium was the eldest child and daughter of King Leopold II and Queen Marie Henriette of Belgium. She was a member of the House of Wettin in the branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. By her marriage with her first cousin once removed Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, she retained her birth titles of Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony.
Princess Louise, ca. 1894
The Duke and Duchess of Brabant and their two older children Louise and Leopold, Count of Hainaut. Photography by François Deron, 1862.
Marie Henriette, Duchess of Brabant and her daughter Louise. Photography by Louis-Joseph Ghémar, 1863.
Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant on his bier, 1869. Collection Ralf De Jonge.
Leopold II 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.
Royal portrait, c. 1900
Leopold as a child. Painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1844)
Leopold as a younger man in the uniform of the Grenadiers (Portrait by Nicaise de Keyser)
A political cartoon pillorying Leopold's affair with Caroline Lacroix. The Abbot: Oh! Sire, at your age? The King: You should try it for yourself!
