LEOPOLD

George Christian Frederick , king of the Belgians as Leopold I. (3 son of Francis Frederick Anthony, duke of Saxe-Cobourg 1750–1806). b. Cobourg 16 Dec. 1790; came to England in 1814 and lived in lodgings at a grocer’s at 21 High st. Marylebone; came to England 20 Feb. 1816; naturalized by act 56 George III. cap. 13, 29 March 1816; granted Claremont house and grounds for his life. m. 2 May 1816 the prince Charlotte August a only child of George IV., she d. at Claremont 6 Nov. 1817; G.C.H. 22 March 1816; a general 2 May 1816 and field marshall 24 May 1816; G.C.B. 23 May 1816; K.G. 23 May 1816; P.C. 1 July 1816; entered into a marriage contract with Karo line Bauer a German actre 2 July 1829 and lived with her in London till June 1830 when contract was di olved; declined the throne of Greece, May 1830; resided at Claremont till 16 July 1831; elected king of the Belgians 4 June and ascended the throne 22 July 1831. m. (2) 9 Aug. 1832 the prince Louise eld. dau. of Louis Philippe king of the French, she d. 11 Oct. 1850; the income of £50,000 settled on him in 1816 he continued to hold after he became king, but after paying for keeping up Claremont, servants’ pensions, . he annually returned the balance of about £38,000 into the exchequer. d. Palace of Laeken 10 Dec. 1865. Lady Rose Weigall’s Brief memoir of the Prince Charlotte (1874); The Prince Charlotte of Wales. By Mrs. C. R. Jones (1885), portraits ; Authentic Memoirs of the prince Charlotte (1817) portrait ; Memoirs of prince Leopold (1817), portrait ; Westminster Review , April 1885 pp. 460–88; Posthumous memoirs of Karo line Bauer ii 34–336 (1884); Martin’s Life of prince consort , ii 249 (1876), portrait ; Illustrated Times 30 Dec. 1865 p. 413, portrait .