Léopold II of the Belgians
Born Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor Crown Prince of Belgium; created Duc de Brabant in 1840; succeeded his father as Léopold II King of the Belgians in 1865.
Named for his father Leopold I King of the Belgians and his maternal grandfather Louis-Philippe King of the French.
Son of Leopold I King oft he Belgians (1790-1865) and his second wife Louise, Princess d’Orléans (1812-1850).
Born: Brussels 9. Apr 1835
Married:
Brussels 22. Aug 1853 Marie Henriette Archduchess of Austria (1836-1902), daughter of Joseph Archduke of Austria, Palatine of Hungary (1776-1847) and his third wife Maria Dorothea Duchess of Württemberg (1797-1855).
Brussels 14. Dec 1909 (in a religious ceremony with no validity under Belgian law since a civil ceremony wa not performed) Blanche Delacroix, cr. Baroness Vaughan in 1906 (1883-1948), daughter of Jules Delacroix and Catherine Sebille
Issue of first marriage:
Louise Princess of Belgium (1858-1924) m. 1875 (div. 1906) Philipp Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1921)
Léopold Prince of Belgium, Duc de Brabant (1859-1869)
Stéphanie Princess of Belgium (1864-1945) m. 1881 Rudolf Crown Prince of Austria (1858-1889); m. 1900 Elemér Fürst Lónyay de Nagy-Lónya et Vásáros-Namény (1863-1946)
Clémentine Princess of Belgium (1872-1955) m. 1910 Victor Prince Napoléon (1862-1926)
Illegitimate issue by Blanche Delacroix:
Lucien Duc de Tervueren (1906-1984) m. 1927 Lucie Mundutey
Philippe Comte de Ravenstein (1907-1914)
Died: Laeken Palace (Château de Laeken) 17. Dec 1909
Buried: Royal Crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken (Église Notre-Dame de Laeken)
Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000