LC control no. | n 82137116 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865 |
Variant(s) | Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld, 1790-1865 Léopold-Georges-Chrétien-Frédéric, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865 Leopold George Christiaan Frederik, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865 Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1790-1865 Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld, Léopold, Prince of, 1790-1865 Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Léopold, Prince of, 1790-1865 |
See also | Belgium. Sovereign (1831-1865 : Léopold I) |
Birth date | 1790 |
Death date | 1865 |
Found in | My dearest uncle, 1961. Memoirs of Her late Royal Highness Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales, &c. ... and of her illustrious consort Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld, 1819. Enc. Britannica (WWW) (Leopold I, b. Dec. 16, 1790, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, d. Dec. 10, 1865, Laeken, Belg.; French in full Léopold-Georges-Chrétien-Frédéric, Dutch in full Leopold George Christiaan Frederik, first king of the Belgians, 1831-1865) NDB (Leopold I, Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, King of the Belgians) Académie Royale: Biog. nationale (Léopold-Georges-Chrétien-Frédéric de Saxe-Cobourg-Saalfeld) Wikipedia, July 24, 2013 Leopold I (Léopold Georges Chrétien Frédéric; German: Leopold Georg Christian Friedrich; born 16 December 1790; died 10 December 1865; from 21 July 1831 he was the first King of the Belgians, following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. His children included Leopold II of Belgium and Empress Carlota of Mexico. He was a maternal uncle and adviser of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. He was born in Coburg and died in Laeken. By birth, he was a Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later a Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Saxony) |