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1860\'s CDV CARTE DE VISITE OF LEOPOLD II DUKE OF BRABANT BELGUIM USP47
It is marked Ghemar Freres Photographes du Roi, Bruxelles. A handwritten note identifies the subject as Leopold of Brabant 1865.
From Wikipedia:
Leopold II(9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the secondking of the Belgiansfrom 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of theCongo Free Statefrom 1885 to 1908.
Born inBrusselsas the second but eldest-surviving son ofKing Leopold IandQueen Louise, Leopold succeeded his father to the Belgian throne in 1865 and reigned for 44 years until his death, the longest reign of a Belgian monarch to date. He died without surviving legitimate sons; the current king of the Belgians,Philippe, descends from his nephew and successor,Albert I. He is popularly referred to as theBuilder Kingin Belgium in reference to the great number of buildings, urban projects and public works he commissioned.
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