Leopold I (1790-1865), King of the Belgians; husband of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales; uncle of Queen Victoria
Sitter in 21 portraits
Leopold joined the Russian army in 1805. In 1816, he married Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, heiress to the British throne. The following year she gave birth to a stillborn son and she herself died. After Belgium asserted its independence from the Netherlands in 1830, the Belgian National Congress asked Leopold to become king of the newly formed country and became King in 1831. In 1840 Leopold arranged the marriage of his niece Queen Victoria, the daughter of his sister Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, to his nephew Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, son of his brother Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Leopold acted as an advisor to his niece for many years.
by Unknown artist
watercolour on ivory laid down on card, 1815
NPG 2422
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales; Leopold I
by William Thomas Fry, after George Dawe
coloured engraving, (1817)
NPG 1530
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales; Leopold I
published by J. Booth, after Unknown artist
stipple and line engraving, published 15 December 1817
NPG D33525
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales; Leopold I
by William Thomas Fry, published by and after George Dawe
stipple engraving, published 6 April 1818 (1817)
NPG D33526
by Robert Hicks, published by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, after William Marshall Craig
stipple and line engraving, published April 1818
NPG D16053
by Henry Meyer, published by Rudolph Ackermann, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 10 March 1818
NPG D22136
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving and etching, published 1 October 1820
NPG D36127
Leopold I ('A Reflection upon the future Prospects of Greece')
by John Doyle
lithograph, published 22 February 1830
NPG D40986
by John Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 June 1830
NPG D41001
San Leopoldo Matamoros or The Princess Charlotte's Own, charging the Holy Alliance
by John Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 3 June 1830
NPG D41002
The Magic Mirror or a Peep into Futurity
by John Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 8 June 1830
NPG D41003
by James Thomson (Thompson), published by Fisher Son & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple and line engraving, published 1831
NPG D16050
Hunt the Slipper, or 'Cherche Qui Peut'
by John Doyle, printed by Meifred, Lemercier & Co, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 6 March 1832
NPG D41118
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Sir George Hayter
stipple engraving with some hand-colouring, circa 1816-1817
NPG D8124
by Henry Meyer, published by Rudolph Ackermann, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1816
NPG D19139
by Robert Hicks, published by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon
stipple engraving, published 31 January 1818
NPG D16052
by T. Dixon, published by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, after William Marshall Craig
line engraving, published March 1818
NPG D16054
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