Anthony II, Count of Ligny (d. 8 February 1557) was a son of Count
Charles I Charles I may refer to:
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* Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings
* Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily
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and his wife Charlotte of Estouteville. In 1530, he succeeded his father as count of
Ligny
Ligny ( wa, Lignè) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Sombreffe, located in the province of Namur, Belgium.
Previously its own municipality, a 1977 fusion of the Belgian municipalities made it an '' ancienne commun ...
and
Brienne.
In 1535, he married Margaret, a daughter of
René of Savoy, Count of Villars. They had the following children:
*
John III (d. 1576)
* Francis, Duke of Piney-Luxembourg
* Anthony (d. 1573)
* Henry
* Madeleine (d. 1588), married Christophe Jouvenel des Ursins. Marquis de
Traînel
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Year of birth unknown
1557 deaths
Counts of Ligny
Counts of Brienne
House of Luxembourg
16th-century French nobility