Charles I, Count of Ligny, (1488–1530) was the ruling
Count of Ligny
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 ...
and
Brienne
The County of Brienne was a medieval county in France centered on Brienne-le-Château.
Counts of Brienne
* Engelbert I
* Engelbert II
* Engelbert III
* Engelbert IV
* Walter I (? – c. 1090)
* Erard I (c. 1090 – c. 1120?)
* Walter II ...
.
Early life
Born as the son of
Anthony I, Count of Ligny, and his second wife, Françoise of
Croÿ-Chimay. He belonged to the collateral branch of the
House of Luxembourg
The House of Luxembourg ( lb, D'Lëtzebuerger Haus; french: Maison de Luxembourg; german: Haus Luxemburg) or Luxembourg dynasty was a royal family of the Holy Roman Empire in the Late Middle Ages, whose members between 1308 and 1437 ruled as king ...
.
Biography
In 1519, he succeeded his father as Count of
Brienne
The County of Brienne was a medieval county in France centered on Brienne-le-Château.
Counts of Brienne
* Engelbert I
* Engelbert II
* Engelbert III
* Engelbert IV
* Walter I (? – c. 1090)
* Erard I (c. 1090 – c. 1120?)
* Walter II ...
and Count of Ligny. Charles II, his great-grandson, was imprisoned after buying a copy of
William Byrd
William Byrd (; 4 July 1623) was an English composer of late Renaissance music. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native England and those on the continent. He ...
'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
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pamiers, Couserans, and Mirepoix (Latin: ''Dioecesis Apamiensis, Couseranensis, et Mirapicensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Pamiers, Mirepoix, et Couserans'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church ...
(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
Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (7 October 1474 – 29 June 1536) inherited in 1515 part of his father's margraviate of Baden. He ruled his part from 1515 until 1536.
His two brothers, Ernest and Philip inherited the other parts; after Phi ...
; 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
1448 births
1530 deaths
15th-century French people
16th-century French people
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