Henri-Florent Lamoral

Prince Henri-Florent Lamoral
Prince of Ligne Duke of Thouars
Duke of Thouars
period	9 December 1933 - 15 May 1967
Full name	Henri Florent Eugène François Joseph Lamoral de Ligne
Born	(1881-12-29)29 December 1881 Paris, French Third Republic (now French Fifth Republic)
Died	15 May 1967(1967-05-15) (aged 85) Montreux, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Noble family	Ligne
Spouse(s)	Princess Charlotte de La Trémoille, 12th Duchess of Thouars (m. 1910 - 1967; his death)
Issue	Prince Jean Charles Lamoral de La Trémoïlle, 13th Duke of Thouars
Father	Prince Charles of Ligne
Mother	Charlotte de Gontaut-Biron

Prince Henri Florent Eugène François Joseph Lamoral de Ligne (29 December 1881 – 15 May 1967) was a Belgian nobleman, the son of Prince Charles Joseph Eugène Henri Georges Lamoral (1837–1914) (himself the son of Prince Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne and his wife Nathalie de Trazegnies) and Charlotte de Gontaut-Biron (1854–1933), (herself the daughter of Étienne Charles de Gontaut, Marquis of Biron).

Family

He married Princess Charlotte de La Trémoïlle (eldest daughter of Prince Louis Charles Marie de La Trémoille, 11th Duke of Thouars and his wife Hélène Marie Léonie Pillet-Will) and they had one son, Prince Jean Charles Lamoral.

In 1933, upon the accidental death of his wife’s childless younger brother, Prince Louis Jean Marie de La Trémoille, 12th Duke of Thouars, Prince Henri-Florent Lamoral became The Duke of Thouars as spouse of the now 13th Duchess, a title which was last held in the female form by his mother-in-law Princess Hélène, The Dowager Duchess of Thouars.

Descendants

• Prince Henri Florent Eugène François Joseph Lamoral de Ligne. (1881-1967)
  • Prince Jean Charles Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle (1911-2005)
    • Princess Hedwige de Ligne (1943-),
      married Charles-Guillaume, Prince de Merode, Marquis van Westerloo. (1940-)
      • Prince Emmanuel de Merode.
    • Charles-Antoine, Prince de Ligne-La Trémoïlle