His reign was a disaster, because of his fanatic persecution of presumed heretics, which alienated himself from the population. He resigned in 1544 to get married. Very little was registered about the rest of his life and marriage, only that he died around 1560.
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Joseph Daris, Histoire du diocèse et de la principauté de Liège pendant le XVIe siècle, Liège, Louis Demarteau, 1884, 698 p. « La principauté et le diocèse sous Corneille de Berghes », p. 123-142
corneille, berghes, glymes, berghes, 1490, 1560, prince, bishop, liège, between, 1538, 1544, prince, bishop, liègeanonymous, portrait, churchroman, catholicdiocesediocese, liègeinstalled1538term, ended1544predecessorÉrard, marcksuccessorgeorge, austriapersonal. Corneille of Berghes or de Glymes Berghes 1490 1560 was Prince bishop of Liege between 1538 and 1544 Corneille of BerghesPrince bishop of LiegeAnonymous portrait of Corneille of BerghesChurchRoman CatholicDioceseDiocese of LiegeInstalled1538Term ended1544PredecessorErard de La MarckSuccessorGeorge of AustriaPersonal detailsDied1560 Corneille of Berghes was the youngest son of Cornelis of Glymes Admiral of the Netherlands and Maria Margaretha van Zevenbergen First he was Prevot in the Saint Peter s Collegiate church in Lille then he stayed in Mechelen at the court of Margaret of Austria In 1520 he became Coadjutor bishop in Liege and when Prince Bishop Erard de La Marck died in 1538 was made his successor by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V His reign was a disaster because of his fanatic persecution of presumed heretics which alienated himself from the population He resigned in 1544 to get married Very little was registered about the rest of his life and marriage only that he died around 1560 Sources editJoseph Daris Histoire du diocese et de la principaute de Liege pendant le XVIe siecle Liege Louis Demarteau 1884 698 p La principaute et le diocese sous Corneille de Berghes p 123 142 Catholic Church titles Preceded byErard de La Marck Prince bishop of Liege1538 1544 Succeeded byGeorge of Austria Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Catholicism nbsp Belgium Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Corneille of Berghes amp oldid 1106363526, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
