Never before had the fact that Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn had each chosen to share their husband with three other women seemed so self-esteem-deflating, and lonely. With that type of reality, no wonder Kodyâs four sister wives donât want to spend time together.
Leopold I (French: LÃ©opold Ier, German and Dutch: Leopold I; 16 December 1790 in Coburg â 10 December 1865 in Laeken) was a German prince who became the first King of the Belgians following Belgian independence in 1830. He reigned between July 1831 and December 1865.
Of the Europeans who scrambled for control of Africa at the end of the 19th century, Belgium's King Leopold II left arguably the largest and most horrid legacy of all. While the Great Powers competed for territory elsewhere, the king of one of Europe's smallest countries carved his own private colony out of 100km2 of Central African rainforest.