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Leopold I, King of the Belgians

1790–1865

the future Leopold I, King of the Belgians, Victoria's uncle

Victoria and Albert's uncle

Facts

Born:
16 December 1790
Died:
10 December 1865 (aged 74)
  • At Victoria's birth (1819): aged 28
  • At Victoria's accession (1837): aged 46
  • At Victoria and Albert's wedding (1840): aged 49
  • At Albert's death (1861): aged 70

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Life in the Almanack

  1. 16 December 1790 Birth of Prince Leopold, the future Leopold I, King of the Belgians, Victoria's uncle
  2. 21 July 1831 Leopold takes the oath: Leopold I, first King of the Belgians aged 40
  3. 9 August 1832 Leopold I, King of the Belgians, marries Princess Louise-Marie of Orléans aged 41
  4. 11 October 1850 Death of Louise-Marie, Queen of the Belgians, second wife of Leopold I aged 59
  5. 10 December 1865 Death of Leopold I, King of the Belgians, Victoria's uncle and adviser aged 74
  6. 16 December 1865 Leopold I, King of the Belgians, is buried on his birthday, mourned by nearly half a million people

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