THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 985–1795

Prince-Bishopric of Liège

The ecclesiastical principality of Liège, a long strip along the Meuse from the Kempen to Bouillon, separate from the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands until the French annexed it in 1795. Founded as a territory under Bishop Notger (count of Huy 985); the County of Loon (Hasselt) was annexed in 1366.

Bouillon was held from 1096.

See Prince-Bishopric of Liège on the map in 1366

On the map
985–1795
Capital
Liège

Rulers named in the sources

Western and central European states, 430–1956

States of western and central Europe: the Irish kingdoms of Meath, Osraige, Breifne, Thomond, Desmond and Tyrconnell, Pictish Fortriu, the Welsh kingdoms of Dyfed, Ceredigion and Deheubarth, Elmet, the taifas of Málaga, Majorca and Menorca, the prince-bishoprics of Liège and Utrecht, Guelders, Brabant, Namur, Limburg, Luxembourg, Cleves and Jülich, Bar and Provence, the Electoral Palatinate, Mainz, Hesse, the Welf principalities, Württemberg, Baden, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Meissen, Saxe-Wittenberg, Saxe-Lauenburg, Oldenburg and Pomerania, the Visconti, Gonzaga, Este, Montefeltro and Appiani states, Siena, Lucca and Gaeta, and in the 20th century the four occupation zones of Germany, the Saar Protectorate and the Free Territory of Trieste.

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