Georges-Louis de Berghes

Embarking on a military career, he became a lieutenant-colonel of cavalry in the service of the Spanish Netherlands.

At the age of thirty-five he left the military to enter the priesthood, and in 1700 was appointed canon of Saint Lambert's Cathedral, Liège.

In 1724 he was elected to succeed Joseph Clemens of Bavaria as prince-bishop.

As prince-bishop he restored the residence at Seraing as a summer palace, and instituted the death penalty for counterfeiting.

His executors, disappointing expectations of a bonanza, turned this into a fund, the interest on which was paid out to the poor annually.