Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan yakin Girka na Independence (1821<unk>1830), an ba Leopold kursiyin Girka a ƙarƙashin Yarjejeniyar London ta 1830 wanda ya kirkiro wata ƙasa ta Girka mai zaman kanta, amma ya ƙi shi, yana gaskanta cewa ba shi da tabbas. Maimakon haka, ya karbi kursiyin Belgium a 1831 bayan 'yancin kai na kasar
a shekara ta 1830. Gwamnatin Belgium ta ba da matsayin ga Leopold saboda alaƙar diflomasiyya da gidajen sarauta a duk faɗin Turai, kuma saboda a matsayin ɗan takarar da Burtaniya ta goyi baya, ba shi da alaƙa da wasu iko, kamar Faransa, waɗanda aka yi imanin suna da burin ƙasa a Belgium wanda zai iya yin barazana ga daidaiton ƙarfin Turai wanda Majalisar Vienna ta 1815 ta ƙirƙira.