Counts of Ligny

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The Lords of Ligny, later Counts of Ligny, ruled the fief of Ligny-en-Barrois during the Middle Ages. In 1240, the seigniory of Ligny-en-Barrois was given by Henry II of Bar as the dowry of his daughter Marguerite, who married Henry V of Luxemburg (Henry I of Ligny). Henry bestowed it upon his younger son Waleran in 1281, who was killed at the Battle of Worringen in 1288. In 1364, it was elevated to a county by Guy I, and remained in the Luxembourg family and their descendants (with an interruption 1476-1510) until 1719, when it was sold to the Duke of Lorraine by Charles-Francis.

## Lords of Ligny

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Image  | Name  | Lived  | Reigned  | Emblem  | House  | Relationship with predecessor

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| Henry I | 1216 – 24 December 1281  | 1240 - 24 December 1281  |  | House of Luxembourg | Founder of Lordship
| Waleran I | Died 5 June 1288  | 24 December 1281 - 5 June 1288  |  | House of Luxembourg | Son of Henry I
| Henry II | Died 1303  | 5 June 1288 - 1303  |  | House of Luxembourg | Son of Waleran I
| Waleran II | Died 1354  | 1303 - 1354  |  | House of Luxembourg | Brother of Henry II, Son of Waleran I
| John I | Died 17 May 1364  | 1354 - 17 May 1364  |  | House of Luxembourg | Son of Waleran II

## Counts of Ligny

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| Guy | 1340 – 23 August 1371  | 1364 - 23 August 1371  |  | House of Luxembourg | Son of John I
| Waleran III | 1355 – 25 October 1415  | 1371 - 25 October 1415  |  | House of Luxembourg | Son of Guy
| Philip I | July 25, 1404 – 4 August 1430  | 1415 - 4 August 1430  |  | House of Valois-Burgundy | Grandson of Waleran III
| Joan | Died 18 September 1430  | 4 August 1430 - 18 September 1430  |  | House of Luxembourg | Great-Aunt of Philip I, Sister of Waleran III
| John II | 1392 – 5 January 1441  | 18 September 1430 - 5 January 1441  |  | House of Luxembourg | Nephew of Joan
| Louis I | 1418 – 19 December 1475  | 5 January 1441 - 19 December 1475  |  | House of Luxembourg | Nephew of John II
| Louis II | Died 1487  | 1475 - 1487  |  | House of Bourbon | Legitimized bastard of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon
| Charles of Bourbon | Died 1510  | 1487 - 1510  |  | House of Bourbon | Son of Louis II
| Anthony I | 1450 – 1519  | 1510 - 1519  |  | House of Luxembourg | Son of Louis I
| Charles I | 1488 - 1530  | 1519 - 1530  |  | House of Luxembourg | Son of Anthony I
| Anthony II | Died 8 February 1557  | 1530 - 8 February 1557  |  | House of Luxembourg | Son of Charles I
| John III | Died 1 July 1576  | 1557 - 1 July 1576  |  | House of Luxembourg | Son of Anthony II
| Charles II | 1562 - 1608  | 1576 - 1608  |  | House of Luxembourg | Son of John III
| François | Died 1613  | 1608 - 1613  |  | House of Luxembourg | Brother of Charles II, Son of John III
| Henry III | 1583 – 1616  | 1613 - 1616  |  | House of Luxembourg | Son of François
| Margaret-Charlotte | 1607 - 1680  | 1616 - 1680  |  | House of Luxembourg | second cousin of Henry III
| Madeline-Charlotte | 1635 – 1701  | 1680 - 1701  |  | House of Clermont-Tonnerre, House of Luxembourg | Daughter of Margaret-Charlotte
| Charles-Francis | 1662 – 1726  | 1701 – 1719  |  | House of Montmorency, House of Luxembourg | Son of Madeline-Charlotte
House of Limburg–Arlon/the House of Ligny-Luxemburg, Dukes of Piney-Luxembourg in France

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(1450–1519)
Count of Ligny and Brienne

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(1488–1530)
Count of Ligny and Brienne

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( –1557)
Count of Ligny and Brienne
| | Louis III
( -1571)|
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| | | | | | | | John III
( -1576)
Count of Ligny and Brienne
| | Francis
(1542-1613)
cr. 1581 Duke of Piney
commonly called
"Duke of Piney-Luxembourg"
| | Anthony
( -1573)| | Henry|
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Antony| | Charles II
(1562-1608)
Count of Ligny and Brienne
elevated to Duke of Brienne in 1587
| | François (1563-1576)
Count of Ligny and Brienne
elevated to Duke of Brienne in 1587
| | Henri de Luxembourg
(1583–1616)
2nd Duke of Piney-Luxembourg

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| | | | | | | | Henry III
(1583 – 1616}
Count of Ligny and Brienne
elevated to Duke of Brienne in 1587
| | Marguerite-Charlotte de Luxembourg
(1607–1680)
heiress to the title

1m.Léon d'Albert de Luynes
(1582–1630)
third duc de Piney jure uxoris
2m. Charles-Henri de Clermont-Tonnerre ( -1674)|
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Henri-Léon d'Albert de Luxembourg
(1630–1697)4thDuke of Piney-Luxembourg
resigned the peerage in 1661| | Madeleine-Charlotte de Clermont de Luxembourg
(1635–1701)| | François-Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville
(1628–1695)
comte de Bouteville and sovereign Count of Luxe
5th Duke of Piney-Luxembourg jure uxoris
cr.Duke of Piney-Luxembourg
Marshal of France
called Maréchal de Luxembourg

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