Usuku lokuzalwa: Epreli 9 , Ngo-1835
Wafa eneminyaka: 74
Umqondiso welanga: IiAries
Kwaziwa njenge:ULéopold II waseBelgium, uLéopold-Louis-Philippe-Marie-Victor, uLeopold Lodewijk Filips uMaria Victor
Ilizwe lokuzalwa: Bheljiyam
Uzalwe e:EBrussels, eBelgium
Idume njenge:Kumkani weeBelgium
Abalawuli kunye neeKumkani Amadoda aseBelgium
Usapho:
Iqabane / Ex-:UCaroline Lacroix, uMarie Henriette wase-Austria
utata: EBrussels, eBelgium
UMsunguli / uMsunguli:Umkhosi wePublique, uManyano lwaMazwe ngaMazwe lwaseAfrika
Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsiKuyacetyiswa Wena
Leopold I yokuba ... UAlbert I waseBel ... I-Leopold III ye ... UClovis INgubani uLeopold II waseBelgium?
U-Leopold II wayengukumkani wesibini wase-Belgians kunye nomseki kunye nomniniyo we-Congo Free State. Ukhunjulwa ikakhulu njengomntu owayenguzwilakhe owayephantsi kolawulo lwabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezili-10 baseAfrika ababulawa eCongo. Umntu okhohlakeleyo, wayalela ukuba abantu babulawe ngaphandle kwesizathu esivakalayo kwaye wasebenzisa iindlela ezinoburhalarhume ezibandakanya ukunqunyulwa kwamalungu amakhoboka nabantwana babo abancinci. Usebenzise ngokungenanceba izibonelelo zendalo zaseCongo kwaye waqokelela ubutyebi obuninzi. U-Leopold II wayengunyana wesibini wenkosi yase-Belgian, u-Leopold I. Ngaphandle kokuba wayengunyana wesibini u-Leopold II wayeyindlalifa kwitrone kayise ukusukela ngexesha lokuzalwa kwakhe njengokuba umntakwabo omkhulu wabhubha phambi kokuzalwa kwakhe. Waphumelela uyise etroneni ekufeni kwakhe. Ukusukela kwasekuqaleni wayecinga ukuba iBelgium iyisizwe esomeleleyo nesinenkqubela phambili kwaye waqalisa ukumilisela uguquko kweli lizwe ukufezekisa le njongo. Uye wagqiba ekubeni afumane iikholoni zase-Afrika kwaye wacela uncedo kumhloli wamazwe odumileyo uHenry Stanley ukuba ahlole kwaye amise ikoloni kwingingqi yaseCongo. Kungekudala iCongo Free State yasekwa phantsi kolawulo lwakhe. Uwusebenzise ngogonyamelo lo mmandla kwaye wakhupha uloyiko olungathethekiyo kubemi ngexesha lolawulo lwakhe olwaphela lwaphela ngo-1908.
Uluhlu olucetyiswayo:Uluhlu olucetyiswayo:
Abona Balawuli Bakhohlakeleyo Kwimbali
Ityala lemifanekiso https://edonationsatelite.blogspot.com/2017/08/letter-from-king-leopold-ii-of-belgium.html 
Ityala lemifanekiso https://www.instagram.com/p/BwCIr5yl5FK/ (royalsaddicted)
Ityala lemifanekiso http://www.snipview.com/q/Leopold_II_of_Belgium 
Ityala lemifanekiso http://madmonarchist.blogspot.in/2010/05/monarch-profile-king-leopold-ii-of.html 
Ityala lemifanekiso https://face2faceafrica.com/article/how-congo-became-the-private-property-of-leopold-ii-of-belgium-who-exploited-and-butchered-millions Ngaphambili Okulandelayo Ubuntwana kunye noBomi bokuqala U-Leopold II wazalwa njengomntwana wesibini wolawulo lwe-Belgian monarch, uLeopold I, kunye nenkosikazi yakhe yesibini, uLouise eBrussels ngomhla we-9 ku-Epreli 1835. Umkhuluwa wakhe, uLouis Philippe, wasweleka ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaLeopold. Umama wakhe wasweleka ngo-1850. Wenziwa uMlawuli waseBrabant xa wayeneminyaka esithoba kwaye wanyulwa njenge-lieutenant emkhosini. Wafikelela kubudala besininzi ngo-1855 kwaye waqala ukudlala indima ebonakalayo kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu yaseBelgium. Wayenezicwangciso zokuqhubela phambili ilizwe lakhe kwaye wabongoza utata wakhe ukuba afumane iikholoni. Njengenkosana yesithsaba wahamba kakhulu etyelela i-India, i-China, i-Yiphutha, kunye namazwe kunxweme lweMeditera e-Afrika. Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsi Ukungena kunye nolawulo UKumkani uLeopold I wasweleka ngomhla we-10 kuDisemba, ngo-1865, kwaye uLeopold II wenyuka esihlalweni sobukhosi eneminyaka engama-30 ubudala. Kwasekuqaleni kwakhe wayenezicwangciso eziphambili zophuhliso lweBelgium, kwaye waqala ukwenza uthotho lohlaziyo. Imithetho eliqela yenziwa ngexesha lokulawula kwakhe elibandakanya imithetho echasene nokuqeshwa kwabantwana kunye nemithetho emalunga nokuqeshwa kwabasetyhini abasetyhini kwimisebenzi ethile eyingozi. Abasebenzi banikwa nelungelo lokufumana imbuyekezo ngeengozi zomsebenzi. Ngelo xesha iBelgium yayingenazo iikholoni ezininzi zaphesheya kwezilwandle njengamazwe angabamelwane eHolland, eFrance naseGreat Britain. Ngaloo ndlela, uLopold wakhuthazwa ukuba afumane iikholoni zakhe zaseAsia naseAfrika. Kwiminyaka embalwa ezayo wenza iinzame ezininzi zokufumana iikholoni kodwa akaphumelela. Ngo-1876, waququzelela uMbutho wamaZwe we-Afrika owawubonakala ukuba ujolise ekuphumezeni iiprojekthi zoluntu kwiindawo zoMbindi Afrika. Ngo-1878, wacela uncedo kumhloli wamazwe odumileyo uHenry Stanley ukuba ahlole kwaye amise ikoloni kwingingqi yaseCongo phantsi kolawulo lwalo mbutho. Kule minyaka imbalwa izayo uStanley wajikeleza uMbindi weAfrika emisa iindawo zorhwebo kwaye esakha neendlela zokuqinisekisa amaAfrika ukuba iiBelgian ziyaziphumeza ezi projekthi zokuphucula abemi baseAfrika. Uqinisekisile neenkosi zalapha ukuba zisayine izivumelwano noLeopold, ezazibhalwe ngokweemfuno zikakumkani wase-Belgian. Ngexesha leNkomfa yase-Berlin ka-1884-85 eyayilawula i-colonization yase-Europe kunye norhwebo e-Afrika, u-Leopold wacenga abameli bamazwe ali-14 ase-Europe kunye ne-United States ukuba bamthathe njengomphathi womhlaba u-Stanley awayemfunele wona. ICongo Free State, indawo eyi-76 enkulu kuneBelgium, yasekwa nge-5 kaFebruwari 1885 phantsi kolawulo lomntu kaLeopold II kunye nomkhosi wabucala, i-Force Publique. ICongo yayiyindawo etyebileyo kubutyebi bendalo kwaye kwangoko emva kokuba ngumlawuli wayo, uLeopold waqala ukuxhaphaza oovimba. Ekuqaleni wayenomdla kwishishini lendlovu elalifumana inzuzo enkulu kwiminyaka embalwa. Ngexesha waqonda ukuba irabha inenzuzo ngakumbi kwaye wagxila kuwo onke amandla akhe kurhwebo lweerabha. Kwakukho imfuno ekhulayo ngokukhawuleza yerabha kwaye uLeopold wayefuna ukuyisebenzisa kakhulu. Ukuqokelelwa kwamasi kwizityalo zerabha kwakuyinkqubo enzima yokusebenza, kwaye ukuze kwandiswe imveliso yerabha, umkhosi kaLeopold waqala ukuphatha kakubi abemi baseCongo. Ama-Afrika amakhoboka enziwa ukuba asebenze phantsi kwezona meko zinzima kwaye anikwa iithagethi eziphakamileyo ezingenakufezekiswa. Umkhosi kaLeopold wade wabamba ababhinqileyo ngelixa babenyanzela amadoda ukuba asebenze, kwaye wayedla ngokubhenela ekunqumleni amalungu omzimba angafezekisi iinjongo zawo. Uloyiko olungathethekiyo lwenziwa eCongo ngexesha lokulawula kwakhe okwakhokelela ekufeni kwabantu abamalunga nezigidi ezilishumi. Ekugqibeleni amabali obundlobongela bakhe afikelela kwilizwe langaphandle kwaye uxinzelelo lwamanye amazwe lwaqala ukunyuka kuye ukuba ayeke ukulawula iCongo. Ekugqibeleni ngo-1908, iCongo Free State yaguqulwa yenziwa ikoloni yaseBelgium eyaziwa ngokuba yiCelgian Congo phantsi kolawulo lwepalamente. Ubomi bobuqu kunye nelifa U-Leopold II watshata no-Marie Henriette wase-Austria ngo-1853. UMarie wayemhle kakhulu, edlamkile kwaye ethandwa kakhulu phakathi kwabemi baseBelgium. Wayekwangumfazi onesiphiwo. Lo mtshato uvelise iintombi ezintathu kunye nonyana omnye. Umtshato waba neengxaki emva kokusweleka konyana wabo ekuphela kwakhe kwaye esi sibini sahlukana. U-Leopold II wayenempazamo ezininzi, oyena ubalaseleyo nguCaroline Lacroix owayedibene noKumkani ngo-1899 xa wayeneminyaka engama-64 yena, eneminyaka eli-16 ubudala. UCaroline wazala oonyana ababini abangekho mthethweni. UKumkani wamshiya ubutyebi obukhulu ekufeni kwakhe. Usweleke ngomhla we-17 kuDisemba ngo-1909 kwaye waphumelela ngumtshana wakhe, uAlbert. Ulawulo lwakhe lweminyaka engama-44 lolona lude kwimbali yaseBelgium.
