#leopold ii

[royal-confessions]

“everytime i look at leopold ii of belgium after the pain he caused to congo. i dislike the belgium royal family so much. i wish they can stop that monarchy, they should stop reigning. The Windsor are not the worst 😞” - Submitted by Anonymous

#belgian royal family #Leopold II

[roehenstart]

Leopold II (1741-1790), Roman-German Emperor, Archduke of Austria, King of Bohemia and Hungary, etc. Lithograph by Josef Kriehuber.

#josef kriehuber #magyar királyság #königreich ungarn #kingdom of hungary #haus habsburg lothringen #full length portrait #house of habsburg lorraine #leopold ii #heiliges römisches reich #holy roman emperor #full-length portrait

[tiny-librarian]

Maria Amalia of Austria, the 12th child of the 16 born to Leopold II and Maria Luisa of Spain. She was their youngest daughter, and not much is known about her life as she died unmarried at the age of 18.

#maria amalia of austria #leopold ii #maria luisa of spain #austria #archduchess #house of habsburg lorraine #habsburg lorraine #18th century #18th century art #long live the queue

[postcard-from-the-past]

King Leopold II of Belgium

Belgian vintage postcard

#old #postcard #postkaart #leopold ii #king #ii #vintage #briefkaart #postal #belgian #ansichtskarte #ephemera #photography #photo #postkarte #tarjeta #historic #sepia #belgium #leopold #carte postale

[kaiserrreich]

Is there any royals that you don't like?

I've just started getting into royal history so I've tried to keep an open mind and stay neutral but I just can't keep an open mind to this:

The Congo Free State... the pictures are just horrifying to look at. Fuck you Leopold II...

#leopold ii

[1900scartoons]

Untitled

June 11, 1906

King Leopold of Belgium raises knife and fork to the Congo Rubber Trade Slavery pie, as slaves pour out of it, attempting to flee.

The caption reads “Isn't this a dainty dish / To set before a king?“

A series of grotesque atrocities had been revealed in King Leopold's Congo Free State. The caption is a reference to the rhyme four and twenty blackbirds.

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/6815/rec/167

#Charles Bartholomew #political cartoon #Leopold II #Belgian Congo #Belgian history #congolese history #rubber

[ehj3]

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#art #beatnik #capitalism #CEO #corporatism #god #leopold ii #maynard g. krebs #media stereotype #naram-sin #oligarch #poetry #private language #prose #signs #temple frieze #ziggarat

[ronnydeschepper]

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#Bargash #David Livingstone #Henry Stanley #John Kirk #Leopold II #Martin Bossenbroek #ward Steere

[carolineofansbach]

#house of habsburg #leopold II #holy roman emperor #holy roman empire #house of austria #18th century art #art #18th century #18th century Austria

[srabaskerville]

We, as the third world countries, should start to colonize the first world, they need some democracy I think, let's start with Belgian and in the division we can give it to Congo

#everytime I learn a new little piece of history I get more mad #specially when it's things that I and everyone else should already know #republic of the congo #Belgian #leopold II

[diioonysus]

women in art: ophelia

#artist is john everett millais #artist is pierre auguste cot #artist is madeline lemaire #artist is sarah bernhardt #artist is paul albert steck #artist is salvaor dali #artist is richard redgrave #artist is constantin meunier #artist is jules bastien-lepage #artist is paul delaroche #artist is friedrich wilhelm theodor #artist is jeap-baptiste #artist is ferdinand piloty ii #artist is arthur hughes #artist is theodor von der beek #-artist is john william waterhouse #artist is leopold burthe #artist is benjamin west #artist is alexandre cabanel #artist is frances macdonald #--artist is arthur hughes #artist is thomas francis dicksee #artist is joseph jules lefebvre #artist is marcus stone #artist is konstantin makovsky #artist is georges clarin #artist is thomas francis dicksee- #art history #ophelia #hamlet

[royal-confessions]

“Honestly I’m surprised the Belgians still HAVE a Royal family much less the blood relatives of the monster that did that to the Congo… hoo boy” - Submitted by Anonymous

#belgian royal family #Leopold II

[roehenstart]

Otto of Austria (1301-1339), his successive wives and children:

Elizabeth of Bavaria (1306-1330), Anna of Luxembourg (1323-1338), Frederick II (1327–1344) and Leopold II, Duke of Austria (1328-1344).

#antoni boys #herzogtum österreich #haus habsburg #german aristocracy #herzog von österreich #Herzogtum Kärnten #duke of austria #duke of carinthia #duchy of austria #duchy of carinthia #otto of austria #otto der fröhliche #otto the merry #elizabeth of bavaria #duchess of austria #anna of luxembourg #house of luxembourg #frederick ii #leopold ii #list of monarchs #rulers of austria #house of habsburg

[tiny-librarian]

Maria Theresa with her three youngest sons: Leopold, Ferdinand, and Maximilian. 

#maria theresa #house of habsburg #leopold ii #archduke ferdinand #archduke maximilian francis #house of habsburg lorraine #18th century #18th century art #long live the queue

[postcard-from-the-past]

King Leopold II of Belgium on the beach of Ostende, Belgium

Belgian vintage postcard, mailed in 1900

#old #postcard #postkaart #leopold ii #king #ii #1900 #vintage #briefkaart #postal #belgian #ansichtskarte #ephemera #photography #photo #postkarte #tarjeta #mailed #beach #historic #sepia #belgium #ostende #leopold #carte postale

[alwaysbewoke]

king leopold ii killed 20 million between 1880 and 1920 and people rarely talk about it.

#king leopold ii #genocide #the west #mass murder