Bishopric of Liège

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
ecclesiastical principality ⓘ
former state ⓘ
prince-bishopric ⓘ
borderedBy County of Namur ⓘ
Duchy of Brabant ⓘ
Duchy of Jülich ⓘ
Duchy of Luxembourg ⓘ
capital Liège ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Liège liard ⓘ
diocese Diocese of Liège ⓘ
dissolved 1795 ⓘ
endTime 1795 ⓘ
event annexation by France ⓘ
eventDate 1795 annexation by the French First Republic ⓘ
governmentType prince-bishopric ⓘ
theocratic monarchy ⓘ
hasTerritory Ardennes regions ⓘ
linked to: Ardennes region

Condroz ⓘ
Franchimont ⓘ
Hesbaye ⓘ
Huy ⓘ
Loon ⓘ
city of Liège ⓘ
linked to: Liège
headOfState Prince-Bishop of Liège ⓘ
linked to: Bishop of Liège
legislativeBody Estates of Liège ⓘ
locatedIn Low Countries ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Liège region ⓘ
present-day Belgium ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
notableEvent Liège Revolution ⓘ
Liège Wars ⓘ
Sack of Liège (1468) ⓘ
notableEventDate Liège Revolution 1789–1791 ⓘ
linked to: Liège Revolution
officialLanguage Latin ⓘ
partOf Burgundian Circle ⓘ
Lower Lorraine ⓘ
Rhenish-Westphalian Circle ⓘ
predecessor Bishopric of Tongeren-Maastricht ⓘ
Diocese of Maastricht ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
startTime 10th century ⓘ
circa 980 ⓘ
successor French département of Ourthe ⓘ
Province of Liège ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bishopric of Maastricht → successorSee → Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
Lower Lorraine → includesTerritory → Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
Lower Lorraine → hasSuccessor → Prince-Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
linked to: Bishopric of Liège
County of Guelders → borderedBy → Prince-Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
linked to: Bishopric of Liège
Upper Guelders → borderedBy → Prince-Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
linked to: Bishopric of Liège
Sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands → hasAuthorityOver → Prince-Bishopric of Liège (overlordship claims) ⓘ
linked to: Bishopric of Liège
Lauffeld → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Prince-Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
linked to: Bishopric of Liège
Looz → borderedBy → Prince-Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
linked to: Bishopric of Liège
Guelders Wars → involvedTerritory → Prince-Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
linked to: Bishopric of Liège
Prince-Bishoprics of the Holy Roman Empire → hadMember → Prince-Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
linked to: Bishopric of Liège
Notger of Liège → politicalEntityGoverned → Prince-Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
linked to: Bishopric of Liège
Diocese of Tongeren → seeAlso → Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
Diocese of Tongeren → historicalSuccessorSee → Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire → containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Prince-Bishopric of Liège ⓘ
linked to: Bishopric of Liège
Reginald II, Duke of Guelders → opponent → Bishopric of Liège ⓘ