Fallais Castle
The Fallais Castle ( French Château de Fallais ) is a moated castle in the Fallais district of the municipality of Braives in the Belgian province of Liège , not far from the waters of the Mehaigne , a 59 km long tributary of the Meuse .
The castle was built in the 13th century by the Beaufort family. The lords of the castle were twice involved in armed conflicts with the Diocese of Liège .
The first conflict was the so-called cow war from 1275 to 1278, fought between the county of Namur and the Prince-Bishop of Liège.
In 1465 the lord of the castle, Duke Charles I the Bold of Burgundy, and the Liège prince-bishop Ludwig von Bourbon met here before the Battle of Montaken, which led to the suppression of the rebellion of the citizens of Liège and the loss of the city's independence until 1477.
Individual evidence
- ↑ H. Lonchay: Biography Nationale de Belgique . Volume 12. Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des Beaux-arts de Belgique, Brussels 1897, pp. 466-467 ( online ).
Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ′ 28.9 ″ N , 5 ° 10 ′ 14.5 ″ E