Editing Flémalle (section)

==== Seigneuries ====
The Principality is divided into several districts, including La Hesbaye, where the current territory was located. This district was composed of [[County|counties]], including Hozémont, to which the Awirs, Gleixhe, Chokier, and the two Flémalle (the Grand and the Small) were attached.<ref group="B">Joseph Daris, ''Histoire du diocèse et de la principauté de Liège pendant le XIIIe et le XIVe siècle'', Liège, Louis Demarteau, 1891, 710 p.</ref> The Council of Hozémont played an important role in the region.

Flémalle, within its current territory, was divided into several [[seigneuries]]:

* Seigneurie de Flémalle-Haute

By the end of the 12th century, Flémalle and its seigneury belonged to the Chapter of Saint Peter.<ref group="B" name=":5" /> In 1173, according to the knowledge of canon [[Van den Berghe]], it is learned that the seigneury was given to the [[Knights Templar|Templars]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Flémalle: The allodial seigneuries of the Land of Liège|url=http://kiminvati.com/paysdemeuse/Pages/ZDIV7AC4F3F.php |website=kiminvati.com |accessdate=2021-02-26}}.</ref> Another lord owned lands in Flémalle, which were confirmed by pope [[Honorius III]].<ref group="B">Bormans Stanislas, II. Notice des Cartulaires de la collégiale de Saint-Denis, à Liège. In: Compte-rendu des séances de la commission royale d'histoire. Deuxième Série, Tome 14, 1872. pp. 23–190</ref>

In the 13th century, Flémalle was shared between four seigneuries: the Chapter of Saint Peter, the [[Community of Saint John|Brethren of Saint John]], the Abbey of Saint-Laurent, and the Regular Brethren of Saint Augustine of Val-Benoît.

* Seigneurie des Awirs<ref group="B">{{cite journal| author1= Jean Baerten  |title=Le comté de Haspinga et l'avouerie de Hesbaye (IXe-XIIe siècles) |journal= Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire |volume=40 |year=1962 |issue=4 |pages=1149–1167|doi=10.3406/rbph.1962.2438 |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/rbph_0035-0818_1962_num_40_4_2438}}</ref>

In the 12th century, the seigneuries of Awirs and Aigremont were united and belonged to a vassal of the Bishop of Liège. In the 13th century, the seigneuries were held by the Limbourg family, and in the 14th century, by the La Marck family{{Efn|The inventory of the archives of the Hemricourt family, preserved at the Archives of the State in Belgium, informs us about the families owning the seigneury}}. The seigneury had its own court of justice and the village of Chokier.

* Seigneurie de Gleixhe

[[Gleixhe]], formerly Awirs-Notre-Dame, named after the church of the seigneury which venerated the Virgin, was located near the seigneury of Haute-penne, whose castle still exists.<ref group="C">{{cite web|title=Village of Chokier – The Othet les Bois Farm – R GENTES |url=http://www.chokier.com/FILES/VILLAGE/FermeOthet.html |website=chokier.com |accessdate=2021-02-27}}.</ref> It also had its own court of justice.

* Seigneurie de Chokier

The seigneury was held by the family of Hozémont before passing to the Surlet and then to the Berio.<ref group="C">{{cite web|title=Chateau de Chokier – The Lords of Chokier by L Lahaye |url=http://www.chokier.com/FILES/PUBLI/Seigneurs.html |website=chokier.com |accessdate=2021-02-27}}.</ref> Like the other two seigneuries mentioned above, it also had a court of justice.

* Seigneurie d'Ivoz

It is part of the municipality of Ivoz-Ramet, which includes two other seigneuries. It belonged to the chapter of Saint-Lambert Cathedral and was transferred to the Abbey of Val-Saint-Lambert in 1261.<ref group="SC" name=":9">{{cite web|title=Ivoz, Ramet, Ramioul: The 3 seigneuries |url=http://tourisme.flemalle.be/pages/index/index/id/182/lang/en |website=tourisme.flemalle.be |accessdate=2021-02-27}}.</ref> It had a court of justice.

* Seigneurie de Ramet

Like Ivoz, it is part of the municipality of Ivoz-Ramet. It is known to have been a seigneury because several people between the 12th and 13th centuries bore the name Ramet.<ref group="SC" name=":9" /> It had its court of justice.

* Seigneurie de Ramioul

Ramioul, along with Sart-Diable, belonged to the Duke of Lower Lorraine. The seigneury was transferred to the collegiate church of Saint-Servais in Maastricht, donated by Godfrey of Bouillon. It was then transferred to the Abbey of Val-Saint-Lambert in 1236, and later to André de Bincken and finally to the Hemricourt.<ref group="SC" name=":9" />

* Seigneurie de Mons

Mons, like Souxhon, Ruy, and the two Crotteux (Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre), belonged to the municipality of Mons-lez-Liège. The seigneury had its court of justice.