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How did Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand help create a neutral kingdom of Belgium?
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent
French diplomat Talleyrand, portrait by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1817.
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand played a vital role in the creation of a neutral kingdom of Belgium while serving as the French ambassador to London between 1830 and 1834. During this period, he conducted essential negotiations between France and Great Britain that facilitated the establishment of the new state's neutral status.1