Leopold

(ə pōld′)

noun

a masculine name

Origin: Ger < OHG Liutbalt < liut, people (orig., prob., free man, akin to OE leod, man, king) + balt, strong, bold

  1. 1640-1705; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1658-1705)
  2. 1790-1865; king of Belgium (1831-65)
  3. 1747-92; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1790-92): son of Maria Theresa
  4. 1835-1909; king of Belgium (1865-1909): son of Leopold I
  5. 1901-83; king of Belgium (1934-51): abdicated: son of Albert I
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