HM King Leopold I of the Belgians

The first king of Belgium


Date & place of birth December 16, 1790 Ehrenburg Castle, Coburg
Born as HSH Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Names Leopold Georg Christian Friedrich

Father Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mother Augusta Reuss of Ebersdord and Lobenstein





Royal house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Reign July 21, 1831-December 10, 1865
Tenure 35 years 142 days
Successor King Leopold II of the Belgians (son)





Siblings (7)
Seventh of eight children (3 brothers, 5 sisters)
Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Countess of Mensdorff-Pouilly)
Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Princess Alexander of Wurttemberg)
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia)
Prince Ernst Anton of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Marianne of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Franz of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha





Married May 2, 1816 Carlton House, Pall Mall, London
Spouse Princess Charlotte of Wales*

Daughter of Prince George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV of Great Britain)*
Charlotte died giving birth to a stillborn son*

Married August 8, 1832 Royal Palace, Compiegne
Spouse Princess Louise Marie of Orleans





Issue (4)
(3 sons, 1 daughter)
Prince Louis-Philippe of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant
Prince Philippe of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Empress Carlota of Mexico)

*Children are from second marriage





Grandchildren (8)
(3 grandsons, 5 granddaughers)
Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Stephanie of Belgium
Prince Baudouin of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Henriette of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha*
Princess Josephine Marie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha*
Princess Clementine of Belgium
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (King Albert I of the Belgians)

Twins*





Died December 10, 1865 Castle Laeken, Laeken, Brussels (age 74)
Place of burial Royal crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels





Titles
HSH Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke of Saxony
HRH Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke of Saxony (March 29, 1816-December 16, 1826)
HRH Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
HM King of the Belgians





Paternal grandparents
Prince Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Duchess Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Paternal great-grandparents
Prince Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolfstadt
Frederick Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg
Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel






Maternal grandparents
Count Heinrich XXIV of Reuss-Ebersdorf
Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schonberg

Maternal great-grandparents
Count Heinrich XXIX of Reuss-Ebersdorf
Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen
Count Georg August of Erbach-Schonberg
Countess Ferdinande of Stolberg-Gedern