Philippe François de Ligne, (30 July 1625 - 17 December 1674), 7th

Duke of Aarschot The Duke of Aarschot (or ''Aerschot'') was one of the most important aristocratic titles in the Low Countries, named after the Brabantian city of Aarschot. The title was held by the House of Croÿ and the House of Arenberg. The present Duke is Le ...

, 1st

Duke of Arenberg The House of Arenberg is an aristocratic lineage that is constituted by three successive families that took their name from Arenberg, a small territory of the Holy Roman Empire in the Eifel region. The inheritance of the House of Croÿ-Aarschot m ...

, a Knight of the

Order of the Golden Fleece The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece ( es, Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, german: Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate his marriage ...

, was the first son of the second marriage of

Philippe Charles, Comte d'Arenberg Philippe-Charles d'Arenberg (18 October 1587 in Barbancon – 25 September 1640 in Madrid) was the third sovereign prince of Arenberg and 6th Duke of Aarschot. He was a leading figure in the political life of the Spanish Netherlands. Life Ar ...

and Isabelle Claire de Berlaymont. On 14 July 1642 Philippe François married 15-year-old Magdalena de Borja y Doria, the elder sister of

Ana Francisca de Borja y Doria Ana Francisca Hermenegilda de Borja y Doria, condesa de Lemos (1640–1706) was the wife of Peruvian Viceroy Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro, conde de Lemos. During his five-month absence from the capital, she was governor of the Viceroyalty ...

. In 1646, aged 21, Philipe was made a Knight of the

. Their children: #François of Arenberg (5 September 1643 - 10 September 1643). #Isabelle Claire Eugénie of Arenberg (12 July 1644 - 5 October 1655). When he died in December 1674, the title passed to his half-brother,

Charles Eugene, Duke of Arenberg Charles Eugene, 2nd Duke of Arenberg (1633–1681), a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece since 1678, became 2nd Duke of Arenberg in 1674 on the death of his half-brother Philippe François, 1st Duke of Arenberg. The original title had been ...

, (1633–1681), who was promoted to become a Knight of the

in 1678.

References

The Arenberg archives

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Philippe Francois, 1st Duke Of Arenberg 1625 births 1674 deaths Dukes of Aarschot Dukes of Arenberg Arenberg family Knights of the Golden Fleece Place of birth missing