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- When Leopold was fourteen he became heir to the throne after the sudden death of his elder brother. Three years later, in 1657, his father died and he assumed the regency, aged just seventeen.
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May 1, 2024 · Leopold II was the Holy Roman emperor from 1790 to 1792, one of the most capable of the 18th-century reformist rulers known as the “enlightened despots.”. The third son of the Habsburg Maria Theresa and the emperor Francis I, Leopold succeeded his father as duke of Tuscany when his eldest brother.
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Leopold II (Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792) was the 44th Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790.
The second and eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Archduchess Maria Theresa was born on 13 May 1717 in Vienna, a year after the death of her elder brother, Archduke Leopold Johann, [1] and was baptised on that same evening.
Leopold II (French: Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor; Dutch: Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor; 9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) 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.
role in Austria. In Austria: Later Babenberg period. His brother Leopold VI, the most outstanding member of the family, then took over as sole ruler (1198–1230). This was a time of great prosperity for the Babenberg countries.
Mar 1, 2015 · Died 1 March 1792 in Vienna. Motto: ‘Pietate et Concordia – By piety and concord’. As a ruler Leopold II was prepared to initiate reforms. Following the death of his father, he became regent of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, where he was known as ‘Pietro Leopoldo’.
Leopold was the fifth child of Emperor Ferdinand III and his first wife Maria of Spain. His mother was a daughter of King Philip III of Spain and Archduchess Margarete, a daughter of Archduke Charles of Inner Austria.
