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Originally Posted by Mbruno
Leopold and Louise-Marie's chidren were raised as Catholics. Leopold himself remained a Protestant until his dying breath.
I thought he was Lutheran though, rather than Calvinist. Why did he have a Calvinist wedding?
EDIT: Leopold's first wife, Charlotte of Wales, of course was an Anglican.
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You are correct. According to various editions of the
Almanach de Gotha, Leopold was Lutheran.
Several British newspapers including the London
Morning Post stated he married Louise in three ceremonies at the Chateau de Compiegne: (1) a civil ceremony performed in the gallery by Baron Pasquier (President of the Chamber of Peers) and M. Cauchy (Keeper of the Archives), followed by (2) a Roman Catholic ceremony in the chapel, performed by the Bishop of Meaux, and (3) a ceremony performed in a salon according to the "rites of the Reformed church" (
Morning Post, August 14, 1832, p. 4, col. 1). Other newspapers used "Lutheran" in place of "Reformed" when describing the third ceremony (see for example the London
Morning Advertiser, August 14, 1832, p . 1, col. 3).
British newspapers also reported his funeral was conducted by Lutheran ministers including his chaplain, Pastor Becker. For example, see the London
Morning Post, December 19, 1865, p. 5, col. 3 & 4.