Walthère Frère-Orban
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Hubert Joseph Walthère Frère-Orban was a Belgian liberal statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Belgium from 1868 to 1870 and again from 1878 to 1884.
Walthère Frère Orban
Leopold II of Belgium
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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.
Walthère Frère-Orban
…Walthère Frère-Orban Prime Minister of Belgium In office 19 June 1878 – 16 June 1884 Monarch Leopold II Preceded by Jules Malou Succeeded by Jules Malou In office 3 January 1868 – 2 July 1870 Monarch Leopold II Preceded by Charles Rogier Succeeded by Jules…
Leopold in 1889
Queen Louise of Orléans with her son Prince Leopold, later Leopold II. Painting by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1838)
Young Prince Leopold by John Partridge (1841)
Leopold as a younger man in the uniform of the Grenadiers (Portrait by Nicaise de Keyser)