Happy Birthday Leopold!

Happy birthday to Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Charlotte’s beloved husband! He was born on 16 December 1790 in Ehrenburg Palace in Coburg as the youngest son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf.  You can read about his life before the marriage with Charlotte here

When it comes to his later life as the King of Belgium, I strongly recommend you visit his Facebook page where you can find a lot of details about his reign gathered by the admins of the page. Their work deserves acknowledgement (and a like if you haven’t liked the page yet).

Picture: Portrait of Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg (1790-1865) , George Dawe and his workshop, not later than 1825, The State Hermitage Museum

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.