Leopold II of Belgium - Wikipedia Leopold II[a] (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908
Leopold II | Biography, Facts, Legacy | Britannica Leopold II, king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 He led the first European efforts to develop the Congo River basin Although he played a significant role in the development of the modern Belgian state, he was also responsible for widespread atrocities committed under his rule against his colonial subjects
King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial . . . It is also the portrait of those who fought Leopold: a brave handful of missionaries, travelers, and young idealists who went to Africa for work or adventure and unexpectedly found themselves witnesses to a holocaust Adam Hochschild brings this story alive
King Leopold II of Belgium: The King of Terror — History is Now . . . In the end, the story of King Leopold II resists a simple verdict He was a ruler who reshaped Belgium’s cities, economy, and institutions, yet he also presided over one of the most brutal colonial regimes in modern European history
King Leopold II - The Belgian Monarchy 1885 The Berlin Conference recognised the independent state of the Congo, of which Leopold II became the Sovereign That same year, the Belgian Parliament authorizes the King to be the Head of State of Congo
Leopold II: Belgium wakes up to its bloody colonial past - BBC Leopold II ruled Belgium from 1865-1909 - activists want this statue in Brussels removed due to his brutal regime in Congo Free State Inside the palatial walls of Belgium's Africa Museum stand
The men who exposed the horrors of Leopold’s Congo That man is King Leopold II of Belgium For more than a decade, European newspapers have praised him for selflessly investing his personal fortune in public works to benefit the Africans and inviting Christian missionaries to his colony