Republic of Liège
| Republic of Liège | ||||||||||
| République liégeoise | ||||||||||
| Unrecognized state | ||||||||||
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 Map of the republic's territories (white) between the United Belgian States (salmon), the Dutch Republic (yellow) and other entities (grey).
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| Capital | Liège | |||||||||
| Government | Revolutionary republic | |||||||||
| Historical era | Early Modern | |||||||||
| • | Liège Revolution | 18 August 1789 | ||||||||
| • | Proclamation of the Republic | 18 August 1789 | ||||||||
| • | Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of Franchimont | 16 September 1789 | ||||||||
| • | Abolition | 12 January 1791 | ||||||||
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The Republic of Liège (French: République liégeoise) was a short-lived state centred on the town of Liège in modern-day Belgium. The republic was created in August 1789 after the Liège Revolution led to the destruction of the earlier ecclesiastical state which controlled the territory, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. It coexisted with the even more short-lived revolutionary state, the United States of Belgium, created by the Brabant Revolution of 1789, to the north. By 1791, the forces of the republic had been defeated by Prussian and Austrian forces and the Prince-Bishop was restored.
On 18 August 1789, Jean-Nicolas Bassenge and other democrats arrived at the Hôtel de Ville of Liège. They demanded the dismissal of current magistrates in favour of two popular burgomasters: Jacques-Joseph Fabry and Jean-Remy de Chestret. The citadel of Saint Walburge fell into the hands of the rebels. The Prince-Bishop, César-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck, was brought back from his Summer Palace in Seraing to ratify the nomination of the new officials and to abolish the unpopular Règlement de 1684. Several days later, the Prince-Bishop fled to the city of Trier in modern Germany. The Holy Roman Empire condemned the Liège revolution and demanded the restoration of the Ancien régime in the prince-bishopric.
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