“I am saddened by the case of Constantinople, this journey was so well served to you, and you have spoiled it with a childishness.”

Leopold I In a letter to his son Prince Leopold II https://klara.be/leopold-ii-aflevering-2-0

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German prince who became the first King of the Belgians 1790–1865

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