Jean-François-Paul-Emile d'Oultremont (April 20, 1679 – November 22, 1737), Count of Oultremont and of the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...

, Baron of Han-sur-Lesse

Han-sur-Lesse

Han-sur-Lesse is a village in the municipality of Rochefort, Namur Province, Belgium. It is famous for the exceptional caves carved under a nearby hill by the river Lesse, which tourists reach via a preserved remnant of the country's vicinal tramway system....

, lord of Chevetogne, pair of the Duchy of Luxembourg, Great Bailiff

Bailiff

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 of Moha, etc., was the son of Jean-Baptiste d'Oultremont and Marie-Jacqueline de Berlaymont.

In 1731, he became the first member of the Oultremont family to carry the title of count. All the present Counts of Oultremont descend from him and his wife, Marie-Isabelle of Bavaria

Bavaria

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. He was the father of 8 children, including Charles-Nicolas d'Oultremont

Charles-Nicolas d'Oultremont

Charles-Nicolas-Alexandre d'Oultremont was prince-bishop of Liège from 20 April 1763 to his death in 1771. He was the eighth child of Jean-François-Paul-Emile, Count of Oultremont and of the Holy Roman Empire, and Marie-Isabelle of Bavaria, Countess of Warfusée and Druynen and Baroness of Schagen...

, who became Prince-Bishop of Liège.