Leopold III of Belgium
King of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
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Belgian king whose 1940 surrender to Nazi Germany made him deeply unpopular at home and abroad. Leopold abdicated in 1951 after seventeen years of controversy, leaving behind one of history's messiest royal legacies.
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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 at home and abroad.
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