John III, Count of Ligny

Died| (1576-07-01)1 July 1576
Noble family| House of Luxembourg
Spouse(s)| Wilhelmina of Boullion
Father| Anthony II, Count of Ligny
Mother| Margaret of Savoy

John III, Count of Ligny (died 1 July 1576) was the eldest son of Count Anthony II and his wife Margaret of Savoy. He succeeded his father as Count of Brienne and Ligny in 1557.

He arrived in Edinburgh on 2 November 1566 as the ambassador of Savoy and was lodged in Henry Kinloch's house in the Canongate near Holyrood Palace. He visited Craigmillar Castle to meet Mary, Queen of Scots on 20 November, and went to Stirling Castle on 12 December for the baptism of Prince James, escorted by George Seton, 7th Lord Seton. He gave the queen a necklace of pearl and rubies and earrings.[1]

## Marriage and family

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John married Wilhelmina (d. 1592), the daughter of Duke Robert IV of Bouillon. Together, they had the following children:

* Anthony
* Charles II (1558-1608), his successor, elevated to Duke of Brienne in 1587
* Margaret (1562-1566)
* François (1563-1613), succeeded Charles II as Count of Ligny. He married in 1576 Diane of Lorraine (1558-1597):
* Henry III (1582-1616), Duke of Piney-Luxembourg and Count of Ligny. He married in 1597 Madeleine de Montmorency (1582-1615):
* Marguerite-Charlotte de Ligny (1607-1680), Duchess of Piney-Luxembourg and Countess of Ligny, married in c. 1630 Charles-Henri de Clermont-Tonnerre († 1674):
* Madeleine-Charlotte de Clermont-Tonnerre (1635-1701), Duchess of Piney-Luxembourg and Countess of Ligny, married in 1661 François-Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, Count of Luxembourg (1628-1695):
* Charles de Montmorency (1662-1726), Duke of Piney-Luxembourg and Count of Ligny, married in 1696 Marie-Gilonne Gillier de Clérembault (1677-1709), with issue.
* Christian-Louis de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1675-1746), Prince of Tingry, married in 1711 Madeleine de Harlay de Beaumont (1694-1749), with issue.
* Diana (d. 1624), married:
1. Louis of Plusquelec, Count of Kerman
2. Justus of Pontailler, Baron of Pleurs
* Louise (1567-1647), married:
1. Baron George of Casaubon
2. Bernard of Béon, Seigneur de Massez

## References

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1. ^ Thomas Thomson, A Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents in Scotland (Bannatyne Club, 1833), pp. 102-3.

John III, Count of Ligny

House of Luxembourg

Died: 1 July 1576

Preceded by

Anthony II

|  Count of Ligny
Count of Brienne
1557-1576  | Succeeded by

Charles II

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Counts of Brienne

House of Brienne|

* Engelbert I
* Engelbert II
* Engelbert III
* Engelbert IV
* Walter I
* Erard I
* Walter II
* Erard II
* Walter III
* Walter IV
* John
* Hugh
* Walter V
* Walter VI

House of Enghien|

* Sohier
* Walter VII
* Louis I
* Margaret with John of Luxemburg

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* Peter I
* Louis
* Peter II
* Anthony I
* Charles I
* Anthony II
* John II
* Charles II
* Louise

House of Loménie|

* Louise de Béon with Henri-Auguste
* Louis Henri
* Nicholas
* Athanase Louis Marie

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