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LEOPOLD I

Leopold I was king of the Belgians. He was born in 1790 and died in 1865. At any early age Prince Leopold took service with Russia and in 1813 fought against Napoleon at Lutzen, Bautzen and Leipzig and entered Paris with the allied sovereigns. Prince Leopold visited England in 1815, and the following year married the Princess Charlotte, daughter of George IV, was naturalized and created Duke of Kendal and made a General in the British army. In 1830 Belgium revolted from the Netherlands, and in 1831 Prince Leopold was elected first king of the Belgians.
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