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Leopold I was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865.
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.
Leopold II was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples, Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. Leopold was a moderate proponent of enlightened absolutism. He granted the Academy of Georgofili his protection. Unusually for his time, he opposed capital punishment and abolished it in Tuscany in 1786 during his rule there, making it the first nation in modern history to do so. Despite his brief reign, he is highly regarded. The historian Paul W. Schroeder called him "one of the most shrewd and sensible monarchs ever to wear a crown".
Leopold I was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife, Maria Anna of Spain, Leopold became heir apparent in 1654 by the death of his elder brother Ferdinand IV. Elected in 1658, Leopold ruled the Holy Roman Empire until his death in 1705, becoming the second longest-ruling Habsburg emperor. He was both a composer and considerable patron of music.
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. and Richard Albert Loeb, usually referred to collectively as Leopold and Loeb, were two wealthy students at the University of Chicago who kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in May 1924. They committed the murder – characterized at the time as "the crime of the century" – hoping to demonstrate superior intellect, which they believed enabled and entitled them to carry out a "perfect crime" without consequences.
The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo, was a large state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908. It was privately owned by and in a personal union with King Leopold II; it was not a part of, nor did it belong to, the Kingdom of Belgium, of which he was the constitutional monarch. Leopold was able to seize the region by convincing other European states at the Berlin Conference on Africa that he was involved in humanitarian and philanthropic work and would not tax trade. Via the International Association of the Congo, he was able to lay claim to most of the Congo Basin. On 29 May 1885, after the closure of the Berlin Conference, the king announced that he planned to name his possessions "the Congo Free State", an appellation which was not yet used at the Berlin Conference and which officially replaced "International Association of the Congo" on 1 August 1885. The Congo Free State operated as a separate nation from Belgium, in a personal union with its King. It was privately controlled by Leopold II, although he never personally visited the state.
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, was the eighth child and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Leopold was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow. He had haemophilia, which contributed to his death following a fall at the age of 30.
Hendrik van Heuckelum, nicknamed Henk, was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward for HBS-Craeyenhout and Royal Léopold Club, and who represented Belgium at the 1900 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal in the football tournament.
Leopold Friedrich was an Austrian weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the light-heavyweight class.
Harry Leopold DeBaecke was an American rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Leopold Gernhardt was an Austrian footballer and coach. He was also part of Austria's squad for the football tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.
Leopold "Grundl" Grundwald was an Austrian footballer and coach. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Lucas Rafael Rossi is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Braxgata and the Argentine national team.
Gauthier Boccard is a Belgian field hockey player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Léopold and the Belgian national team.
Leopold Neubauer was an Austrian international footballer who played as a striker.
Kane Elliot Mark Russell is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a defender for German club Hamburger Polo Club and the New Zealand national team.
Leopold Partridge was a British athlete who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Leopold Mikolasch was an Austrian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Léopold De Groof was a Belgian footballer. He played in two matches for the Belgium national football team in 1921.
Leopold Tritsch was a Romanian footballer who played as a defender. His brother, Oscar Tritsch was also a footballer, they played together at Brașovia Brașov and Romania's national team.
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- ↑ "Leopold Kalesaran". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
