front of the city walls. In 1684, with the War of the Reunions, an era of French expansion began. Trier was again captured in 1684; all walls and fortresses were destroyed this time. After Trier and its associated electorate were yet again taken during the War of Palatinate Succession in 1688, many cities in the electorate were systematically destroyed in 1689 by the French Army. Nearly all castles were blown up and the only bridge across the Moselle in Trier was burnt. King Louis XIV of France personally issued the order for these acts of destruction. As the French Army retreated in 1698, it left a starving city without walls and only 2,500 inhabitants. During the War of the Spanish Succession in 1702, Trier was occupied again by a French army. In 1704–05, an allied Anglo-Dutch army commanded by the Duke of Marlborough passed Trier on its way to France. When the campaign failed, the French came back to Trier in 1705 and stayed until 1714. After a short period of peace, the War of the Polish Succession started in 1734; the following year Trier was again occupied by the French, who stayed until 1737. The last Prince-Elector, Clement Wenceslaus of Saxony, relocated to Koblenz in 1786. In August 1794, French Republican troops took Trier. This date marked the end of the era of the old electorate. Churches, abbeys and clerical possessions were sold or the buildings put to secular use, such as stables. The last elector, Clemens Wenceslaus, resided exclusively in Koblenz after 1786. From 1795, the territories of the Electorate on the left bank of the Rhine were under French occupation; in 1801, they were annexed and a separate French-controlled diocese established under Bishop Charles Mannay. In 1803, the French diocese assumed control of the whole diocese and what was left of the electoral territory on the eastern bank of the Rhine was secularized and annexed by Nassau-Weilburg in 1803. Archbishop-Electors of Trier John I 1189–1212 Theodoric II (Dietrich von Wied) 1212–42 Arnold II von Isenburg 1242–59 Heinrich I von Finstingen 1260–86 Bohemond I von Warnesberg 1286–99 Diether von Nassau 1300–07 Heinrich II von Virneburg 1300–06 (in opposition) Baldwin von Luxemburg 1307–54 Bohemond II von Saarbrücken 1354–61 Kuno II von Falkenstein 1362–88 Werner von Falkenstein 1388–1417 Lenihan von Weideburg 1417–1419 Otto von Ziegenhain 1419–30 Rhaban von Helmstadt 1430–38 Jakob von Sierk 1439–56 Johann II of Baden 1456–1503 Jakob