| | Belgium Eccleastical Territories |
 | | In the course of time the abbesses gained some temporal power, becoming ladies of Wellen, Haccourt, Hallembaye and Kleine-Spouwen (Belgian Limburg) and at some point they also became Princesses of the Holy Empire (known as la Princesse de Bélise). |
 | | They now started considering themselves as Reichsunmittelbar, a position contested by the Bishops of Liège to whom the Abbey had originally belonged. |
 | | The conflict lasted until the "capitulation" of 1773 when the abbesse recognized the overlordship of Liège but kept her possessions until the French occupation in 1794 |
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