Leopold I

noun

1. 1640–1705, king of Hungary 1655–1705; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1658–1705.
2. 1790–1865, king of Belgium 1831–65.

Leopold I

/ ˈlɪəˌpəʊld /

noun

1. Leopold I16401705MGermanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1640–1705, Holy Roman Emperor (1658–1705). His reign was marked by wars with Louis XIV of France and with the Turks
2. Leopold I17901865MBelgianGermanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1790–1865, first king of the Belgians (1831–65)

Example Sentences

Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I used the monument to burnish his image.

From Los Angeles Times

Just beyond the Imser Clock is a riot of silver — the Judgment of Paris desk, which Prince Paul Esterházy I probably acquired from Emperor Leopold I. It shows a mythological scene in which a young prince decides between three goddesses.

From New York Times

The engraving of a festival in Brussels in the 1680s commemorating the capture of Buda, Hungary, from the Turks by Leopold I, shows a tree of sparklers ablaze on the right of a town square while pyrotechnics are launched on the left.

From Washington Post

Last year, the monks of Saint Sixtus, who received their first brewing license signed by King Leopold I in 1839, expressed their disappointment when it was discovered that the Jan Linders supermarket chain, without the permission or knowledge of the abbey, had been selling three types of the renowned beer at about five times the price charged by the monks.

From The Guardian

Apparently, my face closely resembles an engraving of Leopold I, a man with a massive moustache, and a portrait of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, a man with a rather genteel goatee.

From The Guardian