Leopold III of Belgium (born 1901)

Leopold III of Belgium

King of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951

Leopold III was King of the Belgians from 23 February 1934 until his abdication on 16 July 1951. At the outbreak of World War II, Leopold tried to maintain Belgian neutrality, but after the German invasion in May 1940, he surrendered his country, earning him much hostility, both…