"A reference to Nestor of the Iliad, portrayed by Homer as an “Elder Statesman”. Leopold was given this informal title as a result of his role as a neutral, in the internal affairs of Europe."

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Early Belgian colonial Efforts: The long and fateful shadow of Leopold I, Page 40 See Egon C. Corti, Leopold I of Belgium - Secret Pages of European History, trans. Joseph McCabe (London: Unwin Brothers, Ltd., 1923).