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Leopold I (born December 16, 1790, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld [Germany]—died December 10, 1865, Laeken, Belgium) was the first king of the Belgians (1831–65), who helped strengthen the nation’s new parliamentary system and, as a leading figure in European diplomacy, scrupulously maintained Belgian neutrality.
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May 28, 2024 · On this day, 21 July 1831, Leopold I arrived in Brussels to be crowned the first monarch of Belgium. At a ceremony at the Place Royale, the young prince swore allegiance to a new Belgian constitution written by the national congress.
1831. On 21 July, he took the oath as the first King of the Belgians He devoted most of his reign to consolidating the young state. On 2 August, the Dutch army invaded Belgium. The intervention of the Great Powers saved the new state.
Feb 17, 2019 · After some debate, Leopold was offered the crown in 1831, and though he had been offered and refused the throne of the newly independent Greece just a year earlier, Leopold accepted, becoming the...
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His son, Leopold II, was crowned the king of the Belgians on December 17, 1865. The dynasty he established in Brussels continues to exist even today. The current king, Philippe, is his great-great-great-great grandson.
May 23, 2018 · Charlotte died in 1817, and Leopold remained in Great Britain until he was elected king of the Belgians on June 4, 1831. He accepted the crown, although he had rejected the throne of Greece in 1830, and took the oath of loyalty to the recently formed Belgian nation in Brussels on July 21, 1831.
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