Leopold II of Belgium

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King of the Belgians colonial ruler human monarch

Leopold II of Belgium was the second King of the Belgians, notorious for his brutal colonial exploitation of the Congo Free State in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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King Leopold II of Belgium 3

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of the Belgians ⓘ
colonial ruler ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
birthDate 1835-04-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Belgium ⓘ
Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels
burialPlace Church of Our Lady of Laeken ⓘ
surface form: Royal Crypt at the Church of Our Lady of Laeken
causeOfControversy international scandal over Congo administration ⓘ
mass killings in the Congo Free State ⓘ
mutilations and atrocities against Congolese population ⓘ
child Princess Stéphanie of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Princess Clémentine of Belgium

Princess Louise of Belgium ⓘ
Princess Stéphanie of Belgium ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Belgium ⓘ
deathDate 1909-12-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Laeken ⓘ
endOfAuthorityOver Congo Free State ⓘ
endOfAuthorityOverDate 1908-11-15 ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
familyName House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
surface form: Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
father Leopold I of Belgium ⓘ
founded Congo Free State ⓘ
fullName Leopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor ⓘ
givenName Leopold ⓘ
influencedEvent Belgian annexation of the Congo Free State in 1908 ⓘ
knownFor forced labor system in the Congo Free State ⓘ
human rights abuses in the Congo Free State ⓘ
rubber and ivory extraction in the Congo Free State ⓘ
languageSpoken Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
monarchOf Belgium ⓘ
mother Louise of Orléans ⓘ
notableFor brutal colonial exploitation in Central Africa ⓘ
establishment of the Congo Free State as his private possession ⓘ
personal rule over the Congo Free State ⓘ
notableWork promotion of Belgian colonial expansion in Africa ⓘ
occupation head of state ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
predecessor Leopold I of Belgium ⓘ
reignEnd 1909-12-17 ⓘ
reignStart 1865-12-17 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
royalHouse House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
spouse Marie Henriette of Austria ⓘ
startOfAuthorityOver Congo Free State ⓘ
startOfAuthorityOverDate 1885-07-01 ⓘ
successor Albert I of Belgium ⓘ
title King of the Belgians ⓘ
Sovereign of the Congo Free State ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Domain of Laeken → associatedWith → Leopold II of Belgium ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Leopold II of Belgium
Leopold I of Belgium → child → Leopold II of Belgium ⓘ
Order of the Crown → establishedBy → Leopold II of Belgium ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Leopold II of Belgium
Order of Leopold II → foundedBy → Leopold II of Belgium ⓘ
Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin → hasMember → Leopold II of Belgium ⓘ
House of Belgium → hasMember → Leopold II of Belgium ⓘ
Order of Leopold II → namedAfter → Leopold II of Belgium ⓘ
Duke of Brabant → notableHolder → Leopold II of Belgium ⓘ
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → notableMember → Leopold II of Belgium ⓘ
Royal Greenhouses of Laeken → patron → Leopold II of Belgium ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Leopold II of Belgium
Albert I of Belgium → predecessor → Leopold II of Belgium ⓘ
Leopold I of Belgium → successor → Leopold II of Belgium ⓘ