Leopold II was the second King of the Belgians and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State. He is chiefly remembered as a tyrant under whose rule over 10 million Africans were massacred in Congo. A very cruel person, he ordered for people to be killed without any apparent reason and used very brutal means of punishment which included chopping off the limbs of the slaves and their young children. He mercilessly exploited the natural resources of Congo and amassed a massive personal fortune. Leopold II was the second son of the Belgian monarch, Leopold I. Despite being the second son Leopold II was the heir to his father’s throne from the time of his birth as his elder brother had died prior to his birth. He succeeded his father to the throne upon his death. From the very beginning he envisioned making Belgium a strong and prosperous nation and started implementing several reforms in the country to achieve this objective. He also decided to acquire African colonies and solicited the help of the famous explorer Henry Stanley to explore and establish a colony in the Congo region. Soon the Congo Free State was established under his rule. He brutally exploited the region and unleashed unspeakable terror on the natives during his reign which finally came to an end in 1908