Order of Leopold II is an order of Belgium and is named in honor of King Leopold II. The decoration was established on 24 August 1900 by Leopold II as...
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Leopold II (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...
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The Order of Leopold (Dutch: Leopoldsorde, French: Ordre de Léopold, German: Leopoldsorden) is one of the three current Belgian national honorary orders...
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Albert II is the son of King Leopold III and the last living child of Queen Astrid, born a princess of Sweden. He is the younger brother of the late...
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February 1934 until his abdication on 16 July 1951. At the outbreak of World War II, Leopold tried to maintain Belgian neutrality, but after the German invasion...
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Leopold II (Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792) was the penultimate Holy Roman Emperor, as well as King of Hungary...
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African Star Grand Master of the Royal Order of the Lion Grand Master of the Order of the Crown Grand Master of the Order of Leopold II Grand Star in the Honour...
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founded in 1832 by king Leopold I of Belgium Order of Leopold II, founded in Congo Free State in 1900 as "Order of Leopold" and incorporated into the...
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order in 1908). Order of Leopold II, founded by King Leopold II of the Congo Free State on 24 August 1900 (became a Belgian order in 1908). Order of Monisaraphon...
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Philippe de Lannoy (category Officers of the Order of Leopold II)
World War II. Volunteer's Medal 1940–1945 (1946). Officer of the Order of Leopold II. Knight of the Order of Leopold. Grand Decoration of Honour for...
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Michael Kadoorie (category Commanders of the Order of Leopold II)
of Honour by the government of France and a Commander of the Order of Léopold II of Belgium. He was awarded a knighthood, as a Knight Bachelor, in the...
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Johan Ferner (category Recipients of the Order of Leopold II)
Officer of the Order of Leopold II France: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit Germany: Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany...
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Jerzy Łukaszewski (category Recipients of the Order of Leopold II)
2018 Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Grand officer of the Order of Leopold II Grand officer of the Ordre national...
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Leopold II (3 October 1797 – 29 January 1870) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1824 to 1859. He married twice; first to Maria Anna of Saxony, and after...
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highest honors. The Order was established on October 15, 1897, by King Leopold II in his capacity as ruler of the Congo Free State. The order was first intended...
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and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Albert succeeded his uncle Leopold II to the Belgian...
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Leopold's first cousins, while Leopold I of Belgium was Leopold's paternal and Victoria's maternal uncle, and Leopold's brother was King Ferdinand II...
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Redeemer, 1916 Kingdom of Romania: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown, 1916 Belgium: Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II, 1917 Naguib Mahfouz, Palace...
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Master of the Order of the Crown (21 July 2013) Grand Master of the Order of Leopold II (21 July 2013) Argentina: Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator...
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Nelson Rockefeller (redirect from Death of Nelson Rockefeller)
Grande Croix de l'Ordre de Leopold II of Belgium, 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award, Philippines, 1959 Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau, Netherlands...
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Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (redirect from Simeon II of Bulgaria)
Simeon II at the ceremony of his award of the Stara Planina Order, Ist degree – H.R.H. King Simeon II". Speech by King Simeon II at the ceremony of his award...
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André Gertler (category Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
Commander of Order of Leopold II (Belgium) Officer of Order of Leopold II (Belgium) Knight of Order of Leopold II (Belgium) Order of Merit of the Federal...
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Ra'ad bin Zeid (category Grand Officers of the Order of Leopold II)
Jordan and Ghazi of Iraq. Raad's paternal first cousin once removed was Faisal II, the last king of Iraq, who was killed at the age of 23 in a bloody coup...
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Leopold I (French: Léopold; born Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; 16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first King of the Belgians, reigning...
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Ogden Mills Reid (category Recipients of the Order of Leopold II)
with the rank of Officer in the Legion of Honour, and by the Belgian government with the honor of Commander of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium. In 1931...
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The Order of the African Star (Dutch: Orde van de Afrikaanse Ster; French: Ordre de l'Étoile africaine) was established by Leopold II of Belgium on 30...
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Margrethe II (14 January 2022) Belgium: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II Egypt: Grand Cross of the Order of Virtues Finland: Grand Cross of the...
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Marie-Louise Dissard (category Officers of the Order of Leopold II)
Order of Leopold II, with palms Belgian Croix de Guerre with palms, 1940–1945 United Kingdom George Medal Honorary Officer of the Order of the British...
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Willy Claes (category Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II)
secretary-general of NATO, he had a piano in his residence to keep in practice. Minister of State Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II. Decan, Rik...
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Paul Vanden Boeynants (category Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold II)
Minister of State, by Royal Decree. Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold. Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Leopold II. Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saints...
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