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- Leopold_II_of_Belgium abstract "Leopold II (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second King of the Belgians, and is chiefly remembered for the founding and exploitation of the Congo Free State as a private venture. Born in Brussels as the second (but eldest surviving) son of Leopold I and Louise of Orléans, he succeeded his father to the throne on 17 December 1865, reigning for exactly 44 years until his death. This was the longest reign of any Belgian monarch. Leopold was the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State, a private project undertaken on his own behalf. He used explorer Henry Morton Stanley to help him lay claim to the Congo, an area now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885, the colonial nations of Europe authorized his claim by committing the Congo Free State to improving the lives of the native inhabitants. From the beginning, however, Leopold essentially ignored these conditions. He ran the Congo using the mercenary Force Publique for his personal gain. He used great sums of the money from this exploitation for public and private construction projects in Belgium during this period. He donated the private buildings to the state before his death, to preserve them for Belgium.Leopold extracted a fortune from the Congo, initially by the collection of ivory, and after a rise in the price of rubber in the 1890s, by forced labour from the natives to harvest and process rubber. His regime was responsible for the deaths of an estimated 2 to 15 million Congolese. They were severely abused under this system. Reports of the deaths and abuse led to a major international scandal in the early 20th century, and Leopold was ultimately forced in 1908 by the Belgian government to relinquish control of the colony to the civil administration.".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium activeYearsStartYear "1865".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium birthDate "1835-04-09".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium birthPlace Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium birthPlace Brussels.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium birthYear "1835".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium deathDate "1909-12-17".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium deathPlace Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium deathPlace Laeken.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium deathYear "1909".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium parent Leopold_I_of_Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium parent Louise_of_Orléans.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium predecessor Leopold_I_of_Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium spouse Marie_Henriette_of_Austria.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium successor Albert_I_of_Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium thumbnail Leopold_ii_garter_knight.jpg?width=300.
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- Leopold_II_of_Belgium alternative "Sire".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium birthPlace Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium birthPlace Brussels.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium burialPlace Church_of_Our_Lady_of_Laeken.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium dateOfBirth "1835-04-09".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium dateOfDeath "1909-12-17".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium deathDate "1909-12-17".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium deathPlace Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium deathPlace Laeken.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium father Leopold_I_of_Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium fullName "Dutch: Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium fullName "French: Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium hasPhotoCollection Leopold_II_of_Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium house House_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha.
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- Leopold_II_of_Belgium issue Prince_Leopold,_Duke_of_Brabant.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium issue Princess_Cl%C3%A9mentine_of_Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium issue Princess_Louise_of_Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium issue Princess_St%C3%A9phanie_of_Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium mother Louise_of_Orl%C3%A9ans.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium name "Leopold II of Belgium".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium name "Leopold II".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium placeOfBirth Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium placeOfBirth Brussels.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium placeOfDeath Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium placeOfDeath Laeken.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium predecessor Leopold_I_of_Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium reference Majesty.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium reign "--07-01".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium reign "--12-17".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium reign "1909-12-17".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium religion Catholic_Church.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium shortDescription "King of the Belgians".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium spoken "Your Majesty".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium spouse Marie_Henriette_of_Austria.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium succession List_of_Belgian_monarchs.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium succession "Sovereign of the Congo Free State".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium successor Albert_I_of_Belgium.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium title Duke_of_Brabant.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium title List_of_Belgian_monarchs.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium wordnet_type synset-sovereign-noun-1.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium years "1840".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium years "1865".
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium description "King of the Belgians".
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- Leopold_II_of_Belgium subject Category:1909_deaths.
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- Leopold_II_of_Belgium subject Category:19th-century_monarchs_in_Europe.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium subject Category:Belgian_Roman_Catholics.
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- Leopold_II_of_Belgium subject Category:Congo_Free_State.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium subject Category:Deaths_from_cerebral_hemorrhage.
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- Leopold_II_of_Belgium subject Category:Extra_Knights_Companion_of_the_Garter.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium subject Category:Grand_Cordons_of_the_Order_of_Leopold_(Belgium).
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- Leopold_II_of_Belgium subject Category:People_from_Brussels.
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- Leopold_II_of_Belgium type 19th-centuryBelgianPeople.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium type 19th-centuryMonarchsInEurope.
- Leopold_II_of_Belgium type Aristocrat109807754.
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