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Prince Leopold of Belgium, Duke of Brabant CDV

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Prince Leopold of Belgium, Duke of Brabant CDV
<B>Prince Leopold of Belgium, Duke of Brabant </B></I><B><I>Carte de Vistie</B></I></B></I><B>,</B></I> 2.5" x 4", with a light pencil notation on the reverse. Near fine. Prince Leopold (1859-1869), was the second child and only son and heir of Leopold II of Belgium and his wife, Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria. Leopold died at Laken on 22 January 1869 from pneumonia, after falling into a pond. At his son's funeral, Leopold II, for the first and only time in his life, "broke down in public, collapsing to his knees beside the coffin and sobbing uncontrollably."<BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)