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Leopold I, King of the Belgians

Also known as: Leopold I, King of the Belgians; primary name: Leopold I; other name: (Prince) Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Leopold of; other name: (Prince) Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Leopold of
Details: individual; German; British; Belgian; Male
Life dates: 1790-1865
Biography: Born Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, died Laeken, Belgium. Fourth son of Francis, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Augusta, daughter of Henry XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf. Served with the allies against Napoleon's forces during the Napoleonic Wars (1800-15); participated to the Congress of Vienna (1814-15); in 1816 married Charlotte (1796-1817) only child of the future king George IV of Great Britain and Caroline of Brunswick (qq.v.). Although the Princess died in 1817, Leopold continued to live in England until 1831, when he accepted his election as king of the Belgians, having declined the Greek crown the previous year. In 1832 he married Marie-Louise of Orléans, daughter of the French king Louis-Philippe. In 1840 he helped to arrange the marriage of his niece Victoria, queen of England, to his nephew Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

347 related objects

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10146 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1930,0501.106 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1840,0619.17 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: C.1016 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10150 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1850,0527.1 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10145 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1993,0608.7 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1858 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1850,0501.6 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1903,0602.8 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10141 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1920,0112.130 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1906,1103.3346 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1935,0401.11503 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10162 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: C.1012 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1840,1122.67 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10158 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1920,0112.131 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1906,1103.3398 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: C.1011 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1906,1103.3399 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1840,0720.21 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10133 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: C.1013 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1993,0608.1 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: C.1001 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: C.1006 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1906,1103.3397 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1906,1103.3344 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10136 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1906,1103.3403 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10149 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10160 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: C.1018 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10165 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1936,0401.11501 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1848 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10147 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1861,0829.12 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1917,1211.38 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1844,0215.632 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10173 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1854,0629.3 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1853 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1866,0323.17 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: C.1000 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1850,0501.7 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1906,1103.3395 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1917,1211.39 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10142 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1947,1009.299 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1840,1122.66 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1869,0602.20 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10137 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10134 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1848,0731.42 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10167 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1919,0402.6 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1850,0501.5 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10152 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1839,0603.14 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: C.1009 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1918,0307.149 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10168 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1848 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1840,1114.47 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: C.1017 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1921,0713.34 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1916,0504.18 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1993,0608.2 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1843 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1840,0909.2 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: C.1010 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10139 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1906,1103.3402 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1927,0214.21 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10155 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1866,0323.16 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10143 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1906,1103.3347 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1929,0710.31 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10171 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1906,1103.3407 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1840,1114.46 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10138 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: C.1005 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1920,1007.7 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1906,1103.3396 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1840,1114.40 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10140 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1906,1103.3401 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10135 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10175 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10181 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: C.1003 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10174 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10144 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10148 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10153 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1935,0401.11545 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1870,0507.10163 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1906,1103.3343 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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Museum number: 1927,0214.133 |
Authority: BIOG35549 Ruler:Leopold I, King of the Belgians |
Production date: 1831-1865 |
Production place: Minted in:Belgium

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