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 bestowed it upon his younger son Waleran, who was killed at the Battle of Worringen. In 1364, it was elevated to a county, 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.

[edit] Lords of Ligny

  • 1240–1281: Henry
  • 1281–1288: Waleran I
  • 1288–1354 Waleran II
  • 1354–1364 John I

[edit] Counts of Ligny

  • 1364–1371 Guy I
  • 1371–1415 Waleran III
  • 1415–1430 Philip
  • 1430–1430 Jeanne
  • 1430–1440 John II
  • 1440–1475 Louis I
  • 1476–1478 Georges de la Trémoille
  • 1481–1487 Louis of Bourbon, Count of Roussillon
  • 1487–1510 Charles of Bourbon, Count of Roussillon
  • 1510–1519 Anthony I
  • 1519–1530 Charles I
  • 1530–1557 Anthony II
  • 1557–1576 John III
  • 1576–1608 Charles II
  • 1608–1613 François, duc de Piney-Luxembourg
  • 1613–1616 Henri, duc de Piney-Luxembourg
  • 1616–1680 Marguerite Charlotte, duchesse de Piney-Luxembourg
  • 1680–1701 Madeleine Charlotte, duchesse de Piney-Luxembourg
  • 1701–1719 Charles François, duc de Piney-Luxembourg, sold the county to Leopold I, Duke of Lorraine in 1719
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