Author:Leopold I of Belgium

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Leopold I of Belgium
(1790–1865)

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After Russian military service and marriage to a British princess, he became the first King of the Belgians following the country's independence in 1830. He reigned between July 1831 and December 1865. In British politics he left his mark as a confidante of young Queen Victoria.

Works

Memoirs of Leopold I., King of the Belgians; from unpublished documents, in Two Volumes (1868) ed. by Théodore Juste; translated by Robert Black (external scan) (external scan) (external scan)
Letters to Queen Victoria

The King of the Belgians to Queen Victoria, 3rd May 1844
The King of the Belgians to Queen Victoria, 28th June 1844: England, France, and Russia

Works about Leopold I

"Saxe-Coburg, F.-M., H.R.H. George Frederick Leopold, Prince of," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
"Leopold I," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
"Leopold I., King of the Belgians," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Nestor Considérant. Memoir of Leopold the First: King of the Belgians. 1865 (external scan)
Egon Caesar Corti. Leopold I of Belgium, secret pages of European history. 1923 (external scan)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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