Leopold II of Belgium, 1, 2 accession of, 18 administration of Empress Charlotte's fortune by, 32 attitude towards daughters of, 34, 35 Belgian Government on, 216, 217 Belgium and fortune of, 32, 33, 211 _et seq._ character of, 25, 27 _et seq._ colonial policy of, 28, 31 death of, 216 forethought against Germany of, 134 fortune of, 32, 33, 79, 147, 150, 172, 212, 234 gardens at Laeken and, 30, 31 influence of death of son on, 34 lawsuit concerning fortune of, 211 _et seq._ love of flowers of, 30 marriage of, 17 marriage of Princess Louise and, 100, 246 marriage of Princess Stéphanie and, 100 on "blindness" of France, 97 on William II, 134 personality of, 28, 29 Princess Louise at funeral of, 40, 147, 150 sarcasm of, 10 will of, 221, 222 Leopold, Prince, of Belgium, birth of, 21 birthday oak at Laeken of, 37 character of, 52 childhood of, 51, 52 death of, 21, 25, 33, 51 Leopold, son of Princess Louise, death of, 80 relations of, with mother, 79 Lindenhof, Princess Louise in asylum of, 186 _et seq._ Lobor, Château of, Princess Louise and Count Mattachich take refuge at, 180 Louis II of Bavaria, character of 154, 156 Louis III of Bavaria, character of, 155, 156 Louis Philippe, King, 46, 47 Louis Victor, Archduke, as instigator of persecution of Princess Louise, 87, 88, 89, 90 Louise, Princess, alleged madness of, 39, 150, 151, 181, 184, 186, 189 appeal to Munich courts by, 235 Archduke Louis Victor and, 87 Archduke Rudolph and, 103-105, 108, 109, 110 arrest of, 183 as eldest daughter, 22 as horsewoman, 44 as mother, 78, 247 as Princess of Coburg, 42, 65 at Agram, 181, 182 at Biarritz, 50, 51 at Bologna, 74, 77 at Budapest, 64, 74 at Cannes, 74, 77 at Chantilly, 46 at Château d'Eu, 46 at Coburg Palace, 12, 63 _et seq._ at father's funeral, 40 at Queen Victoria's Jubilee celebrations, 169 at Regensburg, 158, 159 attitude of King and Queen towards, 29, 30, 173 Belgium's treatment of, 2 betrothal of, 54 birth of daughter to, 80 birthday oak at Laeken of, 37 Bolshevists and, 1, 2, 74, 243 childhood of, 22, 30, 49 coercion of, by Duke Gunther, 233, 234 Comtesse de Flandre's visit to, at Lindenhof, 191 conjugal life of, 38 Count Mattachich, at Nice with, 148, 149, 176, 177; attempts release of, 193 _et seq._ Court of Vienna and, 8 daughter's desertion of, 150 declared sane by French doctors, 209 departure for Austria of, 63 differences with husband of, 68, 76, 89, 90, 91 divorce of, 41 Dr. Sudekum's assistance to, 200 Emperor William and, 133, 138 Empress Augusta and, 143, 144 enemies of, 4, 5 enmity of Ferdinand of Bulgaria to, 130 escape of, from Bad-Elster, 200 _et seq._ exile of, 36 extravagance of, 171, 172