Ernest Alexandre Dominique d’Arenberg (26 December 1643 -
Pamplona
Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region.
Lying at near above ...
, 3 June 1686) was the 10th
Prince of Chimay
Prince of Chimay is a title of Belgian and Dutch nobility associated with the town of Chimay in what is now Belgium. The title is currently held by Philippe de Caraman-Chimay, 22nd Prince de Chimay. The main residence of the princely family is Ch ...
. He was in Spanish service and, among other things,
Governor of the Duchy of Luxembourg and
Viceroy of Navarre
This is a list of Spanish Viceroys of Navarre from 1512 to 1840, when the function was abolished.
*1512 : Diego Fernández de Córdoba y Arellano, marqués de Comares
*1515 : Fadrique de Acuña, Conde de Buendía
*1516 : Antonio Manrique de Lar ...
.
Life
He was the son of
Philippe of Arenberg, 9th prince de Chimay Philippe is a masculine sometimes feminin given name, cognate to Philip. It may refer to:
* Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present)
* Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
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, former governor of the Duchy of Luxembourg. His mother was Theodora Maximilienne van Gaveren Herimez. After his father's death, he was entitled de Ligne, Duc d’Arenberg, Prince de Chimay, Comte de Beaumont et de Frezin, Baron de Hallwyn et de Commines, Seigneur d’Avesnes and Pair de
Hainaut.
Like his father, he was in the service of the Spanish King in the Spanish Netherlands and from 1680 to 1684 was
Governor and Captain-general of the
Duchy of Luxembourg and the
County of Chiny. Since 1675 he was also a Knight in the
Order of the Golden Fleece. In the same year he married Maria de Cardenas in Madrid, a
Lady-in-Waiting of the Spanish Queen. The marriage remained childless.
As governor of Luxembourg, he headed the city's defense against various attempts by Louis XIV. During the
Siege of 1684, he was able to hold the city against a superior force for a few months, but was finally forced to surrender, and to leave the city with the remainder of his troops.
In 1685, he became Viceroy of the Spanish part of Navarre, where he died the next year.
Since he died without heirs, he was succeeded by his aunt Anna Katharina de Ligne. After her death, the title of Prince of Chimay passed to the
House of D'Henin-Lietard of her husband Eugène de Hénin, 6th Count of Bossu.
Sources
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Johann Christian von Stramberg: ''Denkwürdiger und nützlicher Rheinischer Antiquarius. Mittelrhein, III. Abteilung, Bd.1'' Koblenz, 1853 Pages 740–741.
*Bernhard von Zech: ''Europäischer Herold oder Zuverlässige Beschreibung Derer Europäisch-Christlichen Kayserthums, Königreiche, freyer Staaten und Fürstenthümer.'' Leipzig, 1705, page 548.
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Knights of the Golden Fleece
Arenberg family
Belgian nobility
1643 births
1686 deaths
Princes of Chimay