Charles I, Count of Ligny, (1488–1530) was the ruling
Count of Ligny and
Brienne.
Early life
Born as the son of
Anthony I, Count of Ligny
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, and his second wife, Françoise of
Croÿ-Chimay. He belonged to the collateral branch of the
House of Luxembourg
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.
Biography
In 1519, he succeeded his father as Count of
Brienne and Count of Ligny. Charles II, his great-grandson, was imprisoned after buying a copy of
William Byrd
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's ''Gradualia'' on the basis of Catholic tensions
eeds editing: William Byrd was born in 1539 or 1540
Marriage and issue
In 1510, he married Charlotte of Estouteville; they had the following children:
*
Anthony II (d. 8 February 1557)
* Louis III, Count de Roussy (d. 11 May 1571) married Antoinette d'Amboise (1552); no issue
* Jean,
Bishop of Pamiers (d. 1548)
* George, Baron de Ghistelles (d. after 30 September 1537)
* Guillemette married François de Vienne, Baron de Ruffey
* Françoise (d. 17 June 1566), married firstly to
Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden; married secondly to Adolf IV, Count of
Nassau-Wiesbaden (1518-1556)
* Antoinette (1525 – 30 September 1603), Abbess of Yerres
* Marie (d. 15 March 1597), Abbess in Troyes
Counts of Ligny
Counts of Brienne
House of Luxembourg
1488 births
1530 deaths
15th-century French nobility
16th-century French nobility
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