History

Be careful what you wish for/money isn't everything  His sister married a Habsburg and became empress of Mexico. After reigning for only 3 years, her husband was executed by firing squad and she was said to have gone insane. She spent the rest of her life in isolation.  His only son died at age 9 after falling in a pond and developing pneumonia. Leopold had three daughters. He married them away at the age of 17 to men double their age.  One married Crown Prince Rudolf, heir to the Hapsburg throne. However, he had a drinking problem and had many affairs. One of these affairs ended with a suicide pact, leaving her a widow. She remarried a Hungarian nobleman, of a lesser rank and because of this her father never spoke to her again. The other daughter of King Leopold was married a German prince. He was twice her age and had many affairs. When she, in turn, fell in love with a Croatian army officer. When her husband found out he gave her the choice of coming home to him or g