State · 985 – 1795
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
A state of 985 – 1795 — 810 years in Europe. It replaced Republic of Liège, Marquessate of Franchimont and County of Looz. It was replaced by French First Republic and followed by Duchy of Bouillon. The atlas records 6 things within it — people 6. Its line of rulers holds 5 people, 3 with dated terms. Its own article says it was conquered by France.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 810 years
- 985 – 1795
- Rulers
- 5
- the Prince-Bishop
- Within it
- 6
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Marquessate of Franchimont · replaces
- Republic of Liège · replaces · 1789 – 1791
- County of Looz · replaces
After it
- French First Republic · replaced by · 1792 – 1804
- Duchy of Bouillon · followed by
How it ended, as its article says
Conquered by France, 1795. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
The role of the bishop as prince permanently ended when the state was annexed by France in 1795.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of Prince-Bishop.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry III of Gelre | 1247 – 1274 | 27 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Adolf II | 1313 – 1344 | 31 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Johann von Wallenrode | 1418 – 1419 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone |
5 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1247 – 1419. Median reign 27 years. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, undatedLuikVlag · Public domain 
coat of arms, undatedWappen Bistum Lüttich · Attribution · David Liuzzo
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1000 – 10991 row
- Reginard · ruler · 1000 – 1037
1200 – 12992 rows
- Adolf II · ruler · 1278 – 1344
- Henry III of Gelre · ruler · 1215 – 1285
1300 – 13991 row
- Johann von Wallenrode · religious leader · 1370 – 1419
1400 – 14991 row
- Érard de la Marck · ruler · 1472 – 1538
1500 – 15991 row
- Theodor de Bry · artist · 1528 – 1598
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood810 years
stood longer than 95% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median27 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 78% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record5
has more rulers on record than 64% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 904 – 1876, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1390, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q158835 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.