King Leopold I of Belgium

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
gptkbp:birthDate 1790-12-16
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Leopold_Georg_Christian_Friedrich
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Coburg,_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld,_Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Church_of_Our_Lady_of_Laeken
gptkbp:child gptkb:Leopold_II_of_Belgium
gptkb:Prince_Philippe,_Count_of_Flanders
gptkb:Princess_Charlotte_of_Belgium
gptkbp:coronationDate 1831-07-21
gptkbp:deathDate 1865-12-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Laeken,_Belgium
gptkbp:father gptkb:Francis,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Order_of_St._Andrew
gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_Black_Eagle
gptkb:Order_of_the_Garter
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkb:Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece
gptkb:Order_of_Leopold
gptkb:Order_of_St._Alexander_Nevsky
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label King Leopold I of Belgium
gptkbp:knownFor First King of the Belgians
Founding the Belgian monarchy
Influence in European royal marriages
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General_(British_Army)
Field Marshal (Imperial Russian Army)
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Countess_Augusta_Reuss_of_Ebersdorf
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Belgian
German (by birth)
gptkbp:notableEvent Became first King of the Belgians in 1831
Declined the throne of Greece in 1830
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Prince_Albert_(uncle)
Queen Victoria (uncle)
gptkbp:portrait Leopold I of Belgium by Winterhalter.jpg
gptkbp:predecessor None (first King of the Belgians)
gptkbp:reignEnd 1865-12-10
gptkbp:reignStart 1831-07-21
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Palace_of_Brussels
gptkb:Royal_Castle_of_Laeken
gptkbp:signature Leopold I signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Princess_Charlotte_of_Wales
gptkb:Louise_of_Orléans
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Leopold_II_of_Belgium
gptkbp:title gptkb:Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha
gptkb:King
gptkb:Prince_of_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Father_of_His_Country
gptkb:Freemasonry
gptkb:Princess_Victoria,_Princess_Royal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5