Guy I, Count of Ligny

Guy I of Luxembourg-Ligny
Guy I of Luxembourg-Ligny
Born	1340
Died	23 August 1371 (aged 30–31); Baesweiler
Noble family	Luxembourg
Spouse(s)	Mahaut of Châtillon
Father	John I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny
Mother	Alix of Dampierre

Guy I of Luxembourg-Ligny (1340 – 23 August 1371) was Count of Saint-Pol (1360–1371) and Count of Ligny, Lord of Roussy and Beauvoir (1364–1371).

He was the son of John I and Alix of Dampierre, dame de Richebourg.

Guy participated in the Battle of Baesweiler (present-day Germany), a conflict between his relative Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg, husband of the Duchess of Brabant on the one side, and William II, Duke of Jülich and Edward, Duke of Guelders on the other side.
The chronicler Jan van Boendale writes in his Brabantsche Yeesten that Guy lay wounded and abandoned on the battlefield, until he was discovered by a scavenger the next day, who killed and robbed him. When this plunderer tried later to sell his booty, he was hanged.

Marriage and children

In 1354 he married Mahaut de Châtillon (1335–1378), Countess of Saint-Pol, daughter of Jean de Châtillon-Saint-Pol and Jeanne de Fiennes,^[1] and had:

Waleran III (1356–1415), Count of Ligny and of Saint-Pol^[1]
Pierre (1369–1387), bishop of Metz and cardinal, beatified in 1527
Margaret, married in 1377 Peter of Enghien, died in 1384, and in 1396 with Jean III de Werchin et Cysoing, died at the Battle of Agincourt
John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir (1370–1397), married Margaret, Countess of Brienne. He started a cadet branch of the House of Saint-Pol and was the father of Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol and John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny.
André (died 1396), Bishop of Cambrai
Marie, married Jean de Condé (died 1391), and Simon, count of Salm (died 1397)
Joan, Countess of Ligny (died 1430)

Ancestors

Ancestors of Guy I, Count of Ligny

16. Henry V, Count of Luxembourg

8. Waleran I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny

17. Margaret of Bar

4. Waleran II of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny

18. Mathieu II de Beauvoir

9. Joanna of Beauvoir

19. Matilda

2. John I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny

20. John III of Lille

10. John IV of Lille

21. Mathilde of Tournai

5. Guyotte of Lille

22. Simon II of Clermont

11. Béatrix of Clermont

23. Adele of Montfort

1. Guy of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny

24. Guy, Count of Flanders

12. William IV of Dendermonde

25. Matilda of Béthune

6. Guy V of Richebourg

26. Raoul of Clermont

13. Alix of Clermont

27. Alice of Dreux

3. Alix of Dampierre

28. Nicholas II of Putten

14. Nicholas III of Putten

29. Beatrix

7. Beatrix of Putten

30. William III of Strijen

15. Aleida of Strijen

31. Oda of Borsele

References

^ ^a ^b (FR)Michelle Bubenicek, Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle, (Ecole de Chartes, 2002), 262.

Guy I, Count of Ligny House of Luxembourg-Ligny Born: 1340 Died: 23 August 1371
Preceded by Guy V	Count of Saint-Pol (jure uxoris) 1360–1371	Succeeded by Waleran III
Preceded by John I	Count of Ligny 1364–1371

[Bubenicek86-1] (FR)Michelle Bubenicek, Quand les femmes gouvernent: droit et politique au XIVe siècle, (Ecole de Chartes, 2002), 262.

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