Leopold II of Belgium was king of Belgium after Louis I.
Leopold II of Belgium . Born in Brussels as the second ( but eldest surviving ) son of Leopold I and Louise of Orléans , Leopold I ( Léopold Ier , German and Leopold I 16 December 1790 in Coburg -- 10 December 1865 in Laeken ) was a German prince who became the first King of the Belgians following Belgian independence in 1830 . He died in 1865 and was succeeded by his son , Leopold II .