Show KING PASSES AWAY one of the best known figures in the old world loses in struggle with grim reaper Brus brussolo sols king leopold died at tit 2 1 35 flock thursday morning his and wasted bod being inabit ta stand the strain put upon it b t the operation a few das daa aizo the collapse occurred sud lenir ard at a moment when the bo docious seemingly ly hal hat the greatest hopes for hie his recover the tile end came quickly and after 11 spell of we weakness kness peacefully prince albirt arched at the deathbed about went tient minutes liter the kings king 8 coolness and courage in tho the heroic str struggle won tho the admira tion of all for at no time did ho he seam to fear tho the result now that he be Is dead it Is bellei believed ed that ho lie was abu abl to sun sur lie so ions long by the sheer force of his mentality leopold II 11 king of the belgian belgians son of the late king I 1 copold I 1 upon whose coith on Due december ember 10 15 be he succeeded to the throne biag burn ot at drusse Is april 9 1817 hia ills father was nas the former prince of co and hia his mother princess louise daughter of king loula louis phil irple 11 pie of prance france on august 22 1851 ho tie married the archduchess marle henrietta daughter of archduke Arch duko joseph of A av wn ra slip died september 19 19 there wire itro three daughters born of this bunlort boulse lou lse and Clement clementine lue the two elder cider prin bosses hae haie been estranged froin from their fabber but clementine clementino remained in his ills affections there being no direct hereld tiry heir the crown passes to preace ka M bert the noly only gon son of leopolds e broth er or the ule late Pa phillipe count ot of han ian dors ders tha new now monarch NN was its born on april 8 1875 and on 2 1400 married princess elizabth of dal Ita irla viria thy hab liae three ch children illren pince I 1 eckold 8 scars oid prince charles Clin rles 6 years ears old and princess Murle Jose I 1 ears cars old chile alle aa conspicuous bethic e llie ilif public on account of the tile nature of ill hh private life in III incent 3 bears cars king I 1 leopold copold has re cutly had much of the bild against him on account of his attitude to tot taid tho the congo independent state ills grat groat interest lay in the develops deve development lopi of hat country for he was A as cally the founier of it and vaas aa its ruling sovereign |