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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Villa La Leopolda is a large villa in the French town of Villefranche-sur-Mer on the French Riviera. Villa La Leopolda was built in 1902 by King Leopold II of Belgium as a present for his mistress Blanche Zélia Joséphine Delacroix, also known as Caroline Lacroix, and derives its name from him. After Leopold's death, Blanche Delacroix was evicted, and his son, King Albert I, became its owner. During WW I it was used as a military hospital. In 1919, Thérèse Vitali, comtesse de Beauchamp, acquired the property and commissioned modifications. The American architect Ogden Codman, Jr. acquired the property in 1929 and performed further reconstructions giving the property its current appearance.