Le 9 avril, naissance à Bruxelles de Léopold, Louis, Philippe, Marie, Victor, fils de Léopold Ier et de Louise-Marie. Leopold II. He spoke contemptuously of Belgiumâs small size, could not speak proper Dutch, the native language of more than half of its citizens, spent long winters in luxurious quarters on the French Riviera, and was estranged from two of his three daughters. Le 12 décembre, le Roi réunit au Palais de Bruxelles une conférence internationale de savants géographes et d'explorateurs, axée sur la découverte du centre de l'Afrique. Other parts of the Congo economy, from road building to chopping wood for steamboat boilers, operated by forced labour as well. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leopold-II-king-of-Belgium, The Belgian Monarchy - Chronobiography of King Leopold I, Leopold II - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). Léopold III. La même année, le Parlement consent à ce que Léopold II soit chef de l'Etat du Congo. In 1853 he married Marie-Henriette, daughter of the Austrian archduke Joseph, palatine of Hungary, and became king of the Belgians on his fatherâs death in December 1865. Ils eurent quatre enfants : Louise-Marie (1858-1924), Léopold (1859-1869), Stéphanie (1864-1945), Clémentine (1872-1955). Belgijski, kralj Belgijcev, * 9. april 1835, Bruselj, Belgija, † 17. december 1909, Laeken, Bruselj, Belgija.. Bil je drugi monarh Kraljevine Belgije po pridobitvi neodvisnosti leta 1830 in prvi, ki se je rodil na ozemlju države. The treaties, some of which appear to have been subsequently doctored to Leopoldâs liking, were then put to use by the Belgian monarch. Furthermore, as in any society where men and women are separated, traumatized, or in flight as refugees, the birth rate dropped precipitously. With women as hostages and men forced to tap rubber, few able-bodied adults were left to hunt, fish, and cultivate crops. In 1870 more than 80 percent of Africa south of the Sahara was under the rule of indigenous chiefs or kings. L'ancienne première dame du Sénégal Colette Senghor, épouse de l'ancien président et chantre de la négritude Léopold Sédar Senghor, est décédée à l'âge de 93 ans à Verson (Calvados), a annoncé la municipalité normande. 1876 He died the following year. Tens, possibly hundreds, of thousands of Congolese fled their villages to avoid being impressed as forced labourers, and they sought refuge deep in the forest, where there was little food and shelter. Because the systemâs effects in the Congo could so easily be blamed on one man, who could safely be attacked because he did not represent a great power, an international outcry focused on Leopold. Sa deuxième épouse. For some years ivory was a principal source of the great wealth that Leopold and his associates drew from the new colony. It was the worldâs only private colony, and Leopold referred to himself as its âproprietor.â. Partager sur Facebook. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Léopold II est surnommé le \"Roi-bâtisseur\" car il a transformé des villes comme Bruxelles ou Ostende. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. En 1815, il acquiert la nationalité anglaise et épouse l’année suivante la princesse héritière Charlotte. The forced-labour system for gathering rubber was swiftly copied by French, German, and Portuguese colonial officials with equally fatal results. Léopold épouse Madame Lilian Baels, qui portera le titre de Princesse de Rethy. He became duke of Brabant in 1846 and served in the Belgian army. En 1926, il épouse la princesse Astrid de Suède, nièce du roi Gustave V de Suède. Unusually for his time, he opposed capital punishment and abolished it in Tuscany in 1786 during his rule there, making it the first nation in modern history to do so. Tens of thousands of others were shot down in failed rebellions against the regime. As the price of rubber soared, the quotas increased, and as vines near a village were drained dry, men desperate to free their wives and daughters would have to walk days or weeks to find new vines to tap. The couple's first son, Louis Philippe, died in infancy prior to Leopold II's birth. He persuaded first the United States and then all the major nations of western Europe to recognize a huge swath of Central Africaâroughly the same territory as the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congoâas his personal property. Charlotte meurt à 21 ans. Il meurt trois jours plus tard. Initially he was most interested in ivory, a material that was greatly valued in the days before plastics because it could be carved into a great variety of shapesâstatuettes, jewelry, piano keys, false teeth, and more. Leopold II implemented a forced-labour system in the Congo that was quickly copied by other European colonial powers. Il guide les premiers pas de sa nièce Victoria, quand elle monte sur le trône d'Angleterre en 1837, et se félicite de ce qu'elle épouse son cousin Albert de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha, le fils de son frère aîné. Historical map of the Belgian Congo (1908â60). The country of Belgium itself was only about five years old at the birth of Leopold II, who became the eldest surviving son of Leopold I, first king of the Belgians, and his second wife, Louise-Marie of Orléans. Although Leopold II established Belgium as a colonial power in Africa, he is best known for the widespread atrocities that were carried out under his rule, as a result of which as many as 10 million people died in the Congo Free State. Elle allait avoir 94 ans dans 2 jours. By 1908, Leopold II had no choice but to cede his land to the Belgian government. Consultez les plus récents avis de décès publiés sur le Web par les maisons funéraires Canadiennes. Keen on establishing Belgium as an imperial power, he led the first European efforts to develop the Congo River basin, making possible the formation in 1885 of the Congo Free State, annexed in 1908 as the Belgian Congo and now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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. By the end of his life, Leopold was unpopular with his people, but, ironically, that had much less to do with his actions in Africa than with his conduct of his personal life. Map of Central Africa from the 10th edition of the. Millions of Congolese then found themselves suffering near-famine, which made them vulnerable to diseases they otherwise might have survived. Envoyer. Il est le fils aîné du fondateur de la dynastie belge, Léopold 1er et de Louise-Marie, fille du roi de France Louis-Philippe. Devenu roi en 1951, Baudouin (à gauche) aurait entretenu une liaison avec sa belle-mère, la princesse Lilian (à droite), épouse de Léopold III (au centre). Leopold passe du temps avec Cora. Il deviendra le 1e roi des Belges. For instance, Leopold II was a first cousin of Queen Victoria of Britain. Après la guerre il est envoyé en Californie pour y parachever ses études. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Le Prince Léopold entre au Sénat, dont il est membre de droit. To prove that he had not wasted bulletsâor, worse yet, saved them for use in a mutinyâfor each bullet expended, a Congolese soldier of the Force Publique had to present to his white officer the severed hand of a rebel killed. He was the architect of one of history's greatest, if lesser known, crimes against humanity. Le futur roi Léopold II naît à Bruxelles le 9 avril 1835. À Bruxelles, il est à l'origine de l'édification des serres royales de Laeken , du parc et des arcades du Cinquantenaire, du tracé de l'avenue de Tervuren, du musée Royal de l'Afrique centrale à Tervuren, de la création de parcs publics comme le parc Duden, et de la transformation du palais royal de Bruxelles. Throughout the tropics, people rushed to sow rubber trees, but those plants could take many years to reach maturity, and in the meantime there was money to be made wherever rubber grew wild. One particularly notorious practice grew out of the suppression of those rebellions. Busque, Cécile, 1922 - 2001, épouse de Félicien Lapierre Busque, Emma, d. 1879 - 1964, épouse de Octave Ferland Busque, Gérard, 1932 - 1999, époux de Claudette Isabel Busque, Germaine, 1916 - 1999, épouse de Léopold Veilleux Busque, Hermance, 1918 - 2010, fille de Joseph Suite à des excès commis par les Européens en Afrique, la réputation de Léopold et son œuvre d'outre-mer sont mises en cause. Envoyer par mail. En février 1934, il succède à son père qui vient de mourir accidentellement au cours d'une escalade. He is remembered in Belgium for some of what he built with his Congo wealth, such as the monumental Arcade du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, and for his advocacy of strong fortifications in the eastern part of the country, which slowed the advance of German troops in 1914 at the beginning of World War I. Le 29 août 1935, la reine Astrid, épouse du roi des Belges Léopold III et maman de trois jeunes enfants, mourrait dans un accident de voiture en Suisse, à l’âge de 29 ans. ("Remonter le Temps") Alors que Leopold est sur le point de devenir le Roi, il se balade dans le jardin du palais royal et vient en aide à Cora, une simple paysanne venant d'être rejetée par le jardinier.Plus tard, tous deux se baladent en forêt et Leopold s'avoue embarrassé de ne pas savoir allumer de feu pour la réchauffer. Hélas, Charlotte meurt en couches après avoir mis au monde un enfant mort-né. Leopold II was the second son of Leopold I, first king of the Belgians, and his second wife, Marie-Louise of Orléans. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. 1944. (* 9. Léopold II crée, avec le concours de l’explorateur britannique Stanley, le Comité d'Etudes du Haut-Congo, transformé en 1879 en Association internationale du Congo. Many of the women hostages starved, and many of the male rubber gatherers were worked to death. Colette Senghor, épouse de Léopold Sédar Senghor est décédée en Normandie. Leopold II (Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. Presenting himself as a philanthropist eager to bring the benefits of Christianity, Western civilization, and commerce to African nativesâa guise that he perpetuated for many yearsâLeopold hosted an international conference of explorers and geographers at the royal palace in Brussels in 1876. Le 14 décembre, le Roi signe la loi sur le service militaire obligatoire. Although Belgiumâs government felt that colonies would be an extravagance for a small country with no navy or merchant marine, that situation suited Leopold perfectly. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. He called it Ãtat Indépendant du Congo, the Congo Free State. Colette Senghor, l’épouse de feu Leopold Sédar Senghor est décédée ce lundi 18 novembre dans sa demeure de Verson en Normandie. Le 22 août, il épouse Marie-Henriette de Habsbourg-Lorraine, Archiduchesse d'Autriche. En 1832, il lui faut convoler pour assurer le futur de sa dynastie et obtenir des appuis à l'étranger. Omissions? La Conférence de Berlin reconnaît l'Etat indépendant du Congo, dont Léopold II devient le Souverain. Leopold II was born in 1835 to King Leopold I and Louise-Marie of Orleans. Dezember 1909 auf Schloss Laeken, Brüssel; eigentlich Leopold Ludwig Philipp Maria Viktor, französisch Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor, niederländisch Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor) aus dem Haus Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha war bis 1865 Herzog von Brabant[1] und Prinz von Belgien und folgte seinem Vater Leopold I. auf den Thron des Königreichs Belgien. Le 2 mai 1816, Léopold épouse Charlotte de Galles, fille unique du futur roi George IV. Plus de 450 nécrologies ajoutées chaque jour. Léopold I er, connu auparavant sous le nom de Léopold Georges Chrétien Frédéric de Saxe-Cobourg-Saalfeld, né le 16 décembre 1790 à Cobourg (en Saxe-Cobourg-Saalfeld) et mort le 10 décembre 1865 au château de Laeken (en Belgique), est un prince allemand de la maison de Saxe-Cobourg et Gotha devenu le premier roi des Belges en 1831 et le fondateur de la dynastie régnant sur la Belgique. afp, le 19/11/2019 à 10:57; Lecture en 2 min. Le Roi institue une commission internationale d'enquête, qui reconnaît les mérites de l'action royale au Congo, tout en relevant des abus et des lacunes. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. Le 22 août, il épouse Marie-Henriette de Habsbourg-Lorraine, Archiduchesse d'Autriche. La Princesse Elisabeth, Duchesse de Brabant. Le roi Léopold 1er de Belgique met ses relations familiales au service du royaume et de la paix. Leopold II, French in full Léopold-Louis-Philippe-Marie-Victor, Dutch in full Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor, (born April 9, 1835, Brussels, Belgium—died December 17, 1909, Laeken), king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909. Au cours de son éducation, il ne s’attache qu’aux matières qui l’intéressent et parmi celles-ci, il n’apprécie vraiment que la géographie. Née le 23 août 1836 à Pest en Autriche-Hongrie. Décédée le 19 septembre 1902 à Spa. Le 7 juin, lendemain du débarquement des troupes alliées sur le Continent, le Roi et sa famille sont déportés vers l'Allemagne et … Eût le titre de princesse de Réthy. Il en sortira (1877) une "association internationale pour la civilisation et l'exploration de l'Afrique centrale". Colette Senghor, l'épouse de l'ancien président sénégalais Léopold Sédar Senghor est décédée Elle allait avoir 94 ans dans 2 jours. Please select which sections you would like to print: Corrections? They were a newly independent country that had yet to form a unique national identity.Leopold II had two younger siblings called Phillipe and Charlotte. Après la guerre il est envoyé en Californie pour y parachever ses études. Then, as they would be into the 21st century, most of the royal families of Europe were related. (Bruxelles le 15 mars 1950). If a soldier fired at someone and missed, or used a bullet to shoot game, he then sometimes cut off the hand of a living victim to be able to show it to his officer. Leopold, however, made the Belgian government pay him for his prized possession. Forty years later virtually all of it had been transformed into European colonies, protectorates, or territories ruled by white settlers. No one will ever know the precise figures, but, from all these causes, demographers estimate that between 1880 and 1920 the population of the Congo may have been slashed by up to 50 percent, from perhaps 20 million people at the beginning of that period to an estimated 10 million at the end.
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