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[Opinions] Re: Leopold
I actually associate the name Leopold with the Beligian monarchy but as far as I know he was a tyran. The people in the African colonies suffered a lot and I keep thinking of a painting I saw in a book about him where African slaves got their hands chopped off. Because of that I prefer Leonardo, Léon or just Leo.
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there were three of them actuallyThe Congo one is Leopold II. The interesting one seems to have been his father, Leopold I, who was a not-so-important nobleman who basically "applied" for the job of king when the Belgians went looking for one.
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