Prince-Bishopric of Liège facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Prince-Bishopric of Liège Principauté de Liége (fr) Prinsbisdom Luik (nl) Fürstbistum Lüttich (de) Principåté d' Lidje (wa)
980–1795
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The Prince-Bishopric of Liège around 1350.
Status	Ecclesiastic state of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Liège
Common languages	French, Dutch, German, Walloon
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Government	Principality
Prince-Bishop
• 340s–384	Saint Servatius (first bishop, at Maastricht)
• approximately 670-700	Saint Lambert (at Maastricht)
• 972–1008	Notger (first prince-bishop)
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Creation of diocese	340s
• Secular powers obtained	980
• Purchased Lordship     of Bouillon	1096
• Annexed Cty Loon	1366
• Acquired Cty Horne	1568
• Liège Revolution	1789–95
• Annexed by France	1795
• Concordat accepts     disparition of Bishopric	10 September 1801
Succeeded by French First Republic
Today part of	Belgium  France  Germany  Netherlands

The Bishopric of Liège or Prince-Bishopric of Liège was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries in present Belgium. It got its status as a prince-bishopric between 980 and 985. Bishop Notger became Prince-Bishop after he received secular control of the County of Huy from the emperor .

The Prince-Bishopric belonged from 1500 on to the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle. It was headed by the Prince-Bishop of Liège. Its land included most of the present Belgian provinces of Liège and Limburg, and some exclaves in other parts of Belgium and the Netherlands. The capital was Liège. It was added into France in 1795.

Images for kids

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  This map shows the pre-1559 medieval Diocese of Liège (in green) which evolved from the Civitas Tungrorum and probably had similar boundaries.

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  Prince-Bishop Johann Theodor of Bavaria at a court concert at Liège

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  The Archiepiscopal Palace at Liège

See also

In Spanish: Principado de Lieja para niños