Leopold had put pressure on Great Britain…
November 1790 CE
Leopold had put pressure on Great Britain by threatening to cede his part of the Low Countries to France.
Then, when sure of British support, he is in a position to baffle the intrigues of Prussia.
A personal appeal to Frederick William II had led to the conference between them at Reichenbach in July 1790, and to an arrangement which is in fact a defeat for Prussia: Leopold's coronation as king of Hungary on November 11, 1790, preceded by a settlement with the Diet in which he had recognized the dominant position of the Magyars.
He had already made an eight months' truce with the Turks in September, which had prepared the way for the termination of the war begun by Joseph II.
The pacification of his eastern dominions leaves Leopold free to re-establish order in Belgium and to confirm friendly relations with Britain and the Netherlands.