Bishopric of Liège

E469653

constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire ecclesiastical principality former state prince-bishopric

The Bishopric of Liège was a powerful medieval prince-bishopric within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on the city of Liège and combining both ecclesiastical and secular authority over its territories.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Prince-Bishopric of Liège	5
Prince-Bishopric of Liège (overlordship claims)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ ecclesiastical principality ⓘ former state ⓘ prince-bishopric ⓘ
borderedBy	County of Namur NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Jülich NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchy of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Liège NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	combined secular and ecclesiastical authority in the person of the prince-bishop ⓘ important ecclesiastical principality in the medieval Low Countries ⓘ
commonLanguage	French ⓘ Middle Dutch ⓘ Walloon ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currency	Liège florin NERFINISHED ⓘ Liège liard NERFINISHED ⓘ
diocese	Diocese of Liège NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	1795 ⓘ
endTime	1795 ⓘ
event	annexation by France ⓘ
eventDate	1795 annexation by the French First Republic ⓘ
governmentType	prince-bishopric ⓘ theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hasTerritory	Ardennes regions NERFINISHED ⓘ Condroz NERFINISHED ⓘ Franchimont NERFINISHED ⓘ Hesbaye NERFINISHED ⓘ Huy NERFINISHED ⓘ Loon NERFINISHED ⓘ city of Liège NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfState	Prince-Bishop of Liège NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody	Estates of Liège NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Low Countries ⓘ Prince-Bishopric of Liège region NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Belgium ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
notableEvent	Liège Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Liège Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Sack of Liège (1468) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEventDate	Liège Revolution 1789–1791 NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Burgundian Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Lorraine NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhenish-Westphalian Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Bishopric of Tongeren-Maastricht NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Maastricht NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
startTime	10th century ⓘ circa 980 ⓘ
successor	French département of Ourthe NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Liège NERFINISHED ⓘ