Sentence examples for king leopold from inspiring English sources

The Belgian king Leopold II anticipated Rhodes by laying claim to Katanga (1890).

His ambitious plans for state building inevitably clashed with those of the sultan of Zanzibar and the Belgian king Leopold II.

Beef cattle from the Fitzroy River valley and King Leopold Ranges were transported to slaughterhouses in Derby and thence shipped along the coast from the port.

In the period before 1908, when the Belgian king Leopold II treated the Congo as virtually his private preserve, the missions had assumed an unofficial responsibility for education.

The tiara was made out of a necklace that had belonged to Princess Louise of Belgium, daughter of King Leopold II of the Belgians.

Characterizations of some of the writer's schoolmates, among them the three children of King Leopold II and Queen Astrid, of Belgium.

The house, which was created for King Leopold II of Belgium, was to be sold for $530 million.

King Leopold III, who had surrendered to the Germans, was kept a prisoner for the rest of the war.

The surrender of 28 May was ordered by King Leopold III without the consultation of his government and sparked a political crisis after the war.

The scheme involves King Leopold, an African king (played by Djimon Hounsou), African slaves and diamonds.

However, despite its Eastern European location, Syldavia itself was partly a metaphor for Belgium, with Syldavian King Muskar XII physically resembling King Leopold III of Belgium.