Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Letter" to "Lightfoot, John"

part in the Belgian revolt of 1830, and since that date the ancient

principality has been incorporated in the kingdom of Belgium.

The see, which at first bore the name of the bishopric of Tongres, was under the metropolitan jurisdiction of the archbishops of Cologne. The principality comprised besides the town of Liége and its district, the counties of Looz and Hoorn, the marq...