< 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liufoll; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from liut, Mod. Ger. Leule, “ people, ” and pald, “ bold, ” i.e. “ bold for the people ”), the name which has been that of several European sovereigns.

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