"No one knows if Leopold I made Van Praet, or if Van Praet made Leopold I."
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All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 4. Viceroys without colonial aspirations? Jules Van Praet (1806-1887) Adolphe Dechamps (1807-1875) wrote of the very close relationship between the king and the private secretary as follows. BRONNE, C. Jules Van Praet, 23.
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Adolphe Dechamps
Adolphe Deschamps (17 June 1807 – 19 July 1875) was a Belgian statesman of, he was a publisher and the brother of Cardinal Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps.
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