Ruler · 1835 – 1909

Leopold II of Belgium

Lived 1835 – 1909; monarch. King of the Belgians of Belgium, 1865 – 1909; also in the line of Belgian colonial empire, Congo Free State, International Association of the Congo and Belgian Congo.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1835 – 1909; 74 years
In office: 44 years; one reign
Lines: 5; states
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

King of the Belgians

Belgium · the 3rd of 9 dated reigns · 1831 – 2013

Érasme-Louis Surlet de Chokier1831

Leopold I of Belgium1831 – 1865

Leopold II of Belgium1865 – 1909

Albert I of Belgium1909 – 1934

Leopold III of Belgium1934 – 1951

Prince Charles, Count of Flanders1944 – 1950

3 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1865 – 1909 · 44 years · came to it aged 30

Came to it: inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; cerebral hemorrhage

Born in Brussels as the second but eldest-surviving son of King Leopold I and Queen Louise, Leopold succeeded his father to the Belgian throne in 1865 and reigned for 44 years until his death, the longest reign of a Belgian monarch to date.

Also in the line of Belgian colonial empire (2nd of 6), Congo Free State (1st of 1), International Association of the Congo (1st of 1) and Belgian Congo (1st of 4).

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