Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te Pakanga Motuhake o Kariki (1821<unk>1830), i whakawhiwhia a Leopold ki te torona o Kariki i raro i te 1830 London Protocol i hanga ai he kawanatanga Kariki motuhake, engari i paopao ia, i whakapono he raru rawa. Engari, i whakaae ia ki te torona o Belgium i te tau 1831 whai muri i
te rangatiratanga o te whenua i te tau 1830. I whakawhiwhia e te kawanatanga o Belgian te tuunga ki a Leopold na ona hononga taapori ki nga whare kingi puta noa i Uropi, na te mea ko te kaitono i tautokohia e Ingarangi, kaore ia i hono atu ki etahi atu mana, penei i a France, i whakaponohia he whaainga whenua kei Belgian e whakawehi ana i te toenga mana o Europi i hangaia e te 1815 Congress of Vienna.