In 1465, the First Liège War against the by Philip the Good newly appointed Prince-Bishop Louis de Bourbon, had been won by Philip. This had led to the humiliating Peace of Sint-Truiden. When Philip died in 1467, the people from Liège raised again against the hated Prince-Bishop, who fled the city. Liège counted on the promised military support from King Louis XI of France, also at war with the new Burgundian Duke Charles the Bold. Charles gathered an army of some 25.000 professional soldiers in Leuven and moved on Liège. Louis XI did nothing.