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Prince-Bishopric of Liège

ecclesiastic state of the Holy Roman Empire

13 dated entries naming Prince-Bishopric of Liège, drawn from 13 separate years between 656 CE and 1791 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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7th century

  • 656Hubertus, bishop of Liège (approximate date)source

8th century

  • 727May 30 – Hubertus, bishop of Liègesource

10th century

  • 980Notker (or Notger), Frankish Benedictine monk and bishop, founds the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (modern Belgium) which will remain an independent state inside the Holy Roman Empire for more than 800 years.source

11th century

  • 1075June 23 – Theodwin, prince-bishop of Liègesource

12th century

  • 1128January 1 – Albero I, prince-bishop of Liège (b. 1070)source
  • 1164September 4 – Henry II, prince-bishop of Liègesource

15th century

  • 1408September 23 – The Battle of Othée is fought between the citizens of Liège and a professional army under command of John the Fearless. The militia of Liège suffers a heavy defeat.source
  • 1465December 22 – The Treaty of Saint-Trond is signed to end the war between the Burgundian Netherlands (ruled by Philip the Good) and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, ending the First Liège War, which had started four months earlier. Liège is allowed to keep its sovereignty at the cost of paying for the Burgundian war expenses and designating Charles the Bold, son of the Duke Philip, as heir to the rule of the area.source
  • 1467October 29 – At the Battle of Brustem, Charles the Bold defeats the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.source
  • 1482August 30 – The reign of Louis de Bourbon, Bishop of Liège over the Principality of Liège, a semi-independent eccleasitic state within the Holy Roman Empire in parts of what are now Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands, comes to an end when he is assassinated on orders of William de La Marcksource

16th century

  • 1505December 30 – Érard de La Marck is elected prince-bishop of Liège.source

18th century

  • 1789August 18 – The Liège Revolution breaks out in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.source
  • 1791January 12 – Holy Roman troops reenter Liège, heralding the end of the Liège Revolution, and the restoration of its Prince-Bishops.source

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