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See also:LEOPOLD I . (1790—1865), See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the Belgians, See also:fourth son of See also:Francis, See also:duke of See also:Saxe-See also:Coburg-See also:Saalfeld, and See also:uncle of See also:Queen See also:Victoria of See also:England, was See also:born at Coburg on the 18th of See also:December 179o. At the See also:age of eighteen he entered the military service of See also:Russia, and accompanied the See also:emperor See also:Alexander to See also:Erfurt as a member of his See also:staff. He was required by See also:Napoleon to quit the See also:Russian See also:army, and spent some years in travelling. In 1813 he accepted from the emperor Alexander the See also:post of a See also:cavalry See also:general in the army of invasion, and he took See also:part in the whole of the See also:campaign of that and the following See also:year, distinguishing himself in the battles of See also:Leipzig, Liitzen and See also:Bautzen. He entered See also:Paris with the allied sovereigns, and accompanied them to England. He married in May 1816 See also:Charlotte, only See also:child of See also:George, See also:prince See also:regent, afterwards George IV., heiress-presumptive to the See also:British See also:throne, and was created duke of See also:Kendal in the British See also:peerage and given an See also:annuity of 50,000. The See also:death of the princess in the following year was a heavy See also:blow to his hopes, but he continued to reside in England. In 1830 he declined the offer of the See also:crown of See also:Greece, owing to the refusal of the See also:powers to See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant conditions which he considered essential to the welfare of the new See also:kingdom, but was in the following year elected king of the Belgians (4th See also:June 1831). After some hesitation he accepted the crown, having previously ascertained that he would have the support of the See also:great powers on entering upon his difficult task, and on the 12th of See also:July he made his entry into See also:Brussels and took the See also:oath to observe the constitution. During the first eight years of his reign he was confronted with the resolute hostility of King See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William I. of See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, and it was not until 1839 that the See also:differences between the two states, which until 1830 had formed the kingdom of the See also:Netherlands, were finally settled at the See also:conference of See also:London by the treaty
of the 24 Articles (see See also:BELGIUM). From this date until his death, King Leopold spent all his energies in the See also:wise See also:administration of the affairs of the newly formed kingdom, which may be said to owe in a large measure its first 'consolidation and See also:constant prosperity to the care and skill of his discreet and fatherly See also:government. In 1848 the throne of Belgium stood unshaken amidst the revolutions which marked that year in almost every See also:European See also:country. On the 8th of See also:August 1832 Leopold married, as his second wife, See also:Louise of See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans, daughter of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis Philippe, king of the See also:French. Queen Louise endeared: herself to the Belgian See also:people, and her death in 185o was See also:felt as a See also:national loss. This See also:union produced two sons and one daughter—(1) Leopold, afterwards king of the Belgians; (2) See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip, See also:count of See also:Flanders; (3) See also:Marie Charlotte, who married See also:Maximilian of See also:Austria, the unfortunate emperor of See also:Mexico. Leopold I. died at Laeken on the loth of December 1865. He was a most cultured See also:man and a great reader, and did his utmost during his reign to encourage See also:art, See also:science and See also:education.
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