HM King Leopold II of the Belgians

Date & place of birth April 9, 1835 Castle Laeken, Laeken, Brussels
Born as HRH Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Names Leopold Louis-Philippe Marie Victor

Father King Leopold I of the Belgians
Mother Princess Louise Marie of Orleans (Queen Louise Marie of the Belgians)





Royal house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Heir apparent April 9 1835-December 17, 1865
Reign December 17, 1865-December 17, 1909
Tenure 42 years 355 days
Successor King Leopold I of the Belgians (father)
Successor King Albert I of the Belgians (nephew)

*Created Duke of Brabant (title giving to the heir to the Belgian throne) December 16, 1840





Siblings (3)
Second of four children (2 brothers, 1 sister)
Prince Louis-Philippe of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Empress Carlota of Mexico)





Married August 22, 1853 Royal Palace, Brussels (civil) St. Michiel & St. Goedele Church, Brussels (religious)
Spouse Archduchess Marie-Henriette of Austria





Issue (4)
(1 son, 3 daughters)
Princess Louise-Marie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Clementine of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

*Children became Prince/Princess of Belgium on March 14, 1891





Grandchildren (5)
(2 grandsons, 3 granddaughters)
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria
Princess Marie-Clotilde Bonaparte
Prince Louise Jerome Bonaparte





Died December 17, 1909 Castle Laeken, Laeken, Brussels (age 74)
Place of burial Royal crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels





Titles
HRH Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
HRH Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
HM King of the Belgians





Paternal grandparents
Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf

Paternal great-grandparents
Duke Ernest Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Duchess Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Count Henry XXIV Reuss of Ebersdorf
Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schonberg





Maternal grandparents
King Louis Philippe I of the French
Princess Maria Amalia of the Two Siciles (Queen Maria Amalia of the French)

Maternal great-grandparents
Duke Louis Philippe II of Orleans
Princess Louise Marie of Bourbon
King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria