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House of Ligne
Current regionBelgium
Place of originLigne in Belgium
DistinctionsPrinces of Ligne
Estate(s)Château de Belœil
Château de Belœil

Template:Princely Family of Ligne

The House of Ligne is one of the oldest Belgian noble families, dating back to the eleventh century.[1] Its name comes from 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.[2]

With the battle of Bouvines in 1214, they were described as "great name and men of honour" by the chroniclers of the time. Their progressive rise in the nobility began as barons in the twelfth century, then counts of Fauquemberg and princes of Épinoy in the sixteenth century, princes of Amblise in 1608.[1] The family became Imperial counts on 18 December 1544, Lamoral I receiving from Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, the title Prince of the Holy Roman Empire as Prince de Ligne on 20 March 1601,[1] for all of his agnatic descendants, male and female.

Compensation for loss of the Imperial County of Ligne (Fagnolles, since that barony had become seat of the county in 1789) as a result of the Peace of Lunéville consisted of substitution of the secularized Imperial abbey of Edelstetten, with an individual vote guaranteed in the Imperial College of Princes in 1803.[1] That principality was, however, sold to Prince Nikolaus Esterházy on 22 May 1804,[1] before the abolition of the Holy Roman Empire, of which Edelstetten had been a constituent Imperial state, in 1806.

The style of Highness was confirmed for all members of extant branches of the family on 31 May 1923, and the titles of Prince d'Amblise and Prince d'Epinoy recognized for the head of the house on 22 October of the same year by the Belgian Crown.[1]

There have been cadet branches of this house: Barbançon, Barbançon-Arenberg, Moy, Ham and Arenberg.

Abbots and abbesses

Within this house, there were the following abbots and abbesses:

  • Gérard de Ligne (†1270) Abbot de Cambrai
  • Mahaut de Ligne (c. 1275) Abbess d'Epinlieu
  • Marie de Ligne (c. 1500) Abbess de Mons
  • Marie de Ligne (c. 1550) Abbess de Cambrai
  • Catherine de Ligne (†1581) Abbess de Thorn (La Thure)

Princes de Ligne [3][4]

Other members of the House of Ligne

Claimants to the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, Armenia, and Naples:

Arms of the House of Ligne

The coat of arms of the family is blazoned as Or a bend gules.[5]

  • Heraldic shield of the House of Ligne
    Heraldic shield of the House of Ligne
  • Arms with princely mantle
    Arms with princely mantle
  • Arms of the branch of Barbançon
    Arms of the branch of Barbançon
  • Arms of the branch of Ham
    Arms of the branch of Ham
  • Arms of the branch of Moÿ
    Arms of the branch of Moÿ

Further reading

  • Herpin, Clara Adèle Luce (1887). Memoirs of the Princesse de Ligne. R. Bentley. ASIN B00085JKTO.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XIV. "Ligne". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1991, pp. 495-500. ISBN 978-3-7980-0700-0.
  2. ^ "Ducal and princely houses of Belgium - Belgium Travel Guide - Eupedia". Eupedia.
  3. ^ Marek, Miroslav. "ligne/ligne2.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.[self-published source][better source needed]
  4. ^ Marek, Miroslav. "ligne/ligne3.html". genealogy.euweb.cz.[self-published source][better source needed]
  5. ^ Arnaud Bunel. "Maison de Ligne". heraldique-europeenne.org.
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