Prince of Ligne
Ethnicity | Belgian |
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Current region | Belgium |
Place of origin | Ligne in Belgium |
Estate | Château de Belœil |
Princely Family of Ligne |
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Extended family
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Prince of Ligne is a title of Belgian nobility that belongs to the House of Ligne, which goes back to the eleventh century. It owes its name to the village in which it originated, between Ath and Tournai. The lords of Ligne belonged to the entourage of the Count of Hainaut at the time of the Crusades.[1]
The Ligne family began a progressive rise in the nobility, first as barons in the twelfth century, then counts of Fauquemberg and princes of Épinoy in the sixteenth century. Lamoral I received the titles of Prince of Ligne and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in the early seventeenth century from Emperor Rudolf II.
Barons de Ligne[2]
- Jean II, Baron of Ligne and Brabançon, Lord of Beloeil (died 1442)
- Michel III, Baron of Ligne and Brabançon 1442-1468 (died 1468)
- Jean III, Baron of Ligne, Lord of Roubaix 1468-1491 (died 1491)
- Antoine, Baron de Ligne et le Beloeil 1491-1532, Count of Fauquemberg, created Prince de Mortagne 1513 (died 1532)
- Jacques, Baron de Ligne et le Beloeil, Count of Fauquemberg 1532-1545 (died 1552), created Count of Ligne 1545
- Antoine, Baron de Ligne et le Beloeil 1491-1532, Count of Fauquemberg, created Prince de Mortagne 1513 (died 1532)
- Guillaume, inherited Brabançon, ancestor of Dukes of Arenberg in male line (died c.1519)
- Jean III, Baron of Ligne, Lord of Roubaix 1468-1491 (died 1491)
- Michel III, Baron of Ligne and Brabançon 1442-1468 (died 1468)
Comtes de Ligne (1545-1601)[3]
Princes de Ligne (1601-present)[4]
- Lamoral I, 1st Prince 1601-1624 (1563–1624)
- Florent, Hereditary Prince, Marquis de Roubaix (1588-1622), created Prince d'Amblise 1608
- Albert Henri, 2nd Prince 1624-1641 (1615–1641)
- Claude Lamoral I, 3rd Prince 1641-1679 (1618–1679)
- Henri Louis Ernest, 4th Prince 1679-1702 (1644–1702)
- Antoine Joseph Ghislain, 5th Prince 1702-1750 (1682–1750)
- Claude Lamoral II, 6th Prince 1750-1766 (1685–1766)
- Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince 1766-1814 (1735–1814)
- Louis Eugene Marie Lamoral, Hereditary Prince (1766-1813)
- Eugène I, 8th Prince 1814-1880 (1804–1880)
- Henri Maximilien Joseph Charles Louis Lamoral, Hereditary Prince (1824-1871)
- Louis, 9th Prince 1880-1918 (1854–1918)
- Ernest, 10th Prince 1918-1937 (1857–1937)
- Eugène II, 11th Prince 1937-1960 (1893–1960)
- Baudouin, 12th Prince 1960-1985 (1918–1985)
- Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne 1985-2005 (1925–2005)
- Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne 2005–present (born 1951)
- Henri Antoine, Hereditary Prince (born 1989)
- Prince Wauthier Philippe of Ligne (born 1952)
- Prince Philippe Michel of Ligne (born 1977)
- Prince Jean-Charles of Ligne (born 2010)
- Prince Philippe Michel of Ligne (born 1977)
- Prince Antoine Lamoral of Ligne (born 1959)
- Prince Louis of Ligne (born 2003)
- Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne 2005–present (born 1951)
- Eugène II, 11th Prince 1937-1960 (1893–1960)
- Prince Charles Joseph Eugene Henri Georges Lamoral of Ligne (1837-1914)
- Prince Henri Florent Lamoral of Ligne (1881-1967)
- Prince Jean Charles of Ligne-La Trémoïlle (1911-2005)
- Prince Charles-Antoine Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle (born 1946)
- Prince Edouard Lamoral Rodolphe of Ligne-La Trémoïlle (born 1976)
- Prince Charles Lamoral Joseph Malcolm of Ligne-La Trémoïlle (born 1980)
- Prince Amadeo Joseph Gabriel of Ligne-La Trémoïlle (born 2012)
- Prince Charles-Antoine Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle (born 1946)
- Prince Jean Charles of Ligne-La Trémoïlle (1911-2005)
- Prince Henri Florent Lamoral of Ligne (1881-1967)
- Henri Maximilien Joseph Charles Louis Lamoral, Hereditary Prince (1824-1871)
- Eugène I, 8th Prince 1814-1880 (1804–1880)
- Louis Eugene Marie Lamoral, Hereditary Prince (1766-1813)
- Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince 1766-1814 (1735–1814)
- Henri Louis Ernest, 4th Prince 1679-1702 (1644–1702)
- Florent, Hereditary Prince, Marquis de Roubaix (1588-1622), created Prince d'Amblise 1608
Knight of the Golden Fleece
Many of the Princes de Ligne have also been Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The following list is of those Princes, along with their year of investiture:
- 1599 - Lamoral, 1st Prince of Ligne
- 1646 - Claude-Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne
- 1684 - Henri, 4th Prince of Ligne
- 1721 - Claude Lamoral, 6th Prince of Ligne
- 1772 - Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne
- 1846 - Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne
- 1930 - Ernest, 10th Prince of Ligne
- 1954 - Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne
- ???? - Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne
References
- ↑ "Ducal and princely houses of Belgium - Belgium Travel Guide - Eupedia". Eupedia.
- ↑ Marek, Miroslav. "ligne/ligne1.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.
- ↑ Marek, Miroslav. "ligne/ligne2.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.
- ↑ Marek, Miroslav. "ligne/ligne3.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.
External links
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- Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of the Princes of Ligne (euweb)". genealogy.euweb.cz.
- The Peerage.com
- (French) lycos.fr
- (French) Héraldique européenne
- Online Gotha
- Eupedia.com