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Leopold I

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Le·o·pold I  (l-pld) 1640-1705.
King of Hungary (1655-1705) and Bohemia (1656-1705) and Holy Roman emperor (1658-1705). He fought with the Turks and the French for most of his reign and consolidated his authority in the empire.

Leopold I [ˈlɪəˌpəʊld]
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1. (Biographies / Leopold I (1640-1705) M, German, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1640-1705, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705). His reign was marked by wars with Louis XIV of France and with the Turks
2. (Biographies / Leopold I (1790-1865) M, Belgiannational of birth: German, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) 1790-1865, first king of the Belgians (1831-65)


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The "Officer in the Order of King Leopold I" is Belgium's oldest and most prestigious order, having been presented by King Leopold I for the first time in 1832.
Leopold is leaving all his surviving documents to Leeds University's Russian Archive.
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