Ecclesiastical prince-state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries; maintained near-800 years of autonomy until French Revolutionary annexation in 1795.
Permanently ended on 1 October 1795 (9 Vendémiaire Year IV) when the French National Convention decreed its annexation, dividing its territory among the departments of Meuse-Inférieure, Ourthe, and Sambre-et-Meuse, following the French military victory at Fleurus in June 1794.
The atlas holds 7 border frames for Prince-Bishopric of Liège — the shape you scrub through changes in 985 · 1183 · 1240 · 1581 · 1708 · 1749 · 1766.
Dedicated scholarly study of the principality's military and political survival during a major crisis; Leuven University Press. Confirmed via Leuven UP website, Project MUSE, and Amazon.