Keywords: Stavelot Thys.jpg en Célestin Thys last prince-abbot of Stavelot-Malmédy 1787-1794 died 1796 Painter unknown <br> Following popular unrest in Stavelot in the aftermath of the Revolution in France he abolished feudal rights in 1789 but reneged on his concessions and set up a tribunal to prosecute revolutionaries in 1793 when the Austrian armies momentarily gained the upper hand He fled Stavelot when the French invaded later that year and the twin abbeys were abolished 2013-08-06 11 18 48 http //balat kikirpa be/photo php path B9005 objnr 10153399 Unknown painter c 1787-90 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Stavelot Imperial abbeys Holy Roman Empire |