Philippe Emanuel, Prince of Hornes, Prince of Overisque, Count of Solre-le-Château (31 August 1661 in
Condé – 14 October 1718 in
Bailleul, Somme
Bailleul () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Situated in the west of the department, 5 miles to the south of Abbeville, on the D93 road.
Population
Notable people
Guy I de Balliol, Angl ...
), was the son of
Eugene Maximilian, Prince of Hornes and Princess Anne Marie Jeanne of
Croÿ. He married Princess Marie Anne Antoninette of
Ligne
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.
His domain, the
Principality of Hornes, was a part of the
Holy Roman Empire
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in what is now modern
France
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,
Germany
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,
Belgium
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and the
Netherlands
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. It was surrounded by the
Principality of Liège
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. It had 3
enclaves
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, which were in France.
Issue
He married Princess Marie Anne Antoinette of Ligne and had six children. They were:
References
Princes of Hornes
1661 births
1718 deaths
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