Liège

Liège was an imperial ecclesiastical principality, ruled by its prince-bishop from Liège. In 1337 Adolf II of the Mark held the see, having settled the rights of bishop and town in the Peace of Fexhe in 1316.

Liège acquired the county of Loon in 1366, but faced growing Burgundian pressure after 1384. Charles the Bold destroyed Dinant in 1466 and Liège in 1468. Revolution briefly established a republic in 1789; imperial troops restored the bishop in 1791, before France annexed the principality in 1795. Its lands joined Belgium in 1830.