In 1885 this country's Leopold II established the Congo Free State as his own personal property
The government of the
... [DOC] [TLE] Belgian colonial empire - Wikipedia [PAR] The Belgian colonial empire comprised three colonies controlled by Belgium 
between 1885 ... King Leopold II of Belgium, frustrated by his nation's lack of 
international power and ... recognition for a personal colony, the Congo Free 
State, in 1885.