Prince of Ligne

Prince of Ligne
Ethnicity Belgian
Current region Belgium
Place of origin Ligne in Belgium
Estate Château de Belœil
Château de Belœil
Princely Family of Ligne

HRH The Dowager Princess

  • HH Prince Wauthier
    HH Princess Regine
    • HH Prince Philippe
      HH Princess Laetitia
      • HH Prince Jean Charles
      • HH Princess Aliénor
    • HH Princess Melanie Yolande
    • HH Princess Élisabeth Éléonore, Baroness Gillès de Pelichy
  • HH Princess Anne Marie, Mrs. Mortgat
  • HRH Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza
  • HH Princess Sophie, Countess of Nicolay
  • HH Prince Antoine
    HH Princess Jacqueline
    • HH Prince Louis
    • HH Princess Marie
    • HH Princess Florence
Extended family

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
      • Guillaume, inherited Brabançon, ancestor of Dukes of Arenberg in male line (died c.1519)

Comtes de Ligne (1545-1601)[3]

  • Jacques, Count 1545-c.1552, Count of Fauquemberg, Prince de Mortagne, Baron de Belœil (died c. 1552)
    • Philippe, Count c.1552-1583, Count of Fauquemberg, Baron de Wassenaer et de Bailleul, Vicomte de Leiden (1533–1583)
      • Lamoral, Count 1583-1601, created Prince d'Épinoy 1592 (1563-1624), created Fürst von Ligne 1601

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)
                          • Prince Wauthier Philippe of Ligne (born 1952)
                            • Prince Philippe Michel of Ligne (born 1977)
                              • Prince Jean-Charles of Ligne (born 2010)
                          • Prince Antoine Lamoral of Ligne (born 1959)
                            • Prince Louis of Ligne (born 2003)
                  • Prince Charles Joseph Eugene Henri Georges Lamoral of Ligne (1837-1914)

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:

References

  1. ↑ "Ducal and princely houses of Belgium - Belgium Travel Guide - Eupedia". Eupedia.
  2. ↑ Marek, Miroslav. "ligne/ligne1.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.
  3. ↑ Marek, Miroslav. "ligne/ligne2.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.
  4. ↑ Marek, Miroslav. "ligne/ligne3.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.
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