Anthony I, Count of Ligny (1450–1519) was the youngest son of

Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano (1418 – 19 December 1475) belonged to the Ligny branch of the House of Luxemburg and was Constable of France. Life Saint-Pol was the eldest son of Peter of Luxembo ...

and his wife,

Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons Jeanne de Bar, suo jure Countess of Marle and Soissons, Dame d'Oisy, Viscountess of Meaux, and Countess of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano (1415 – 14 May 1462) was a noble French heiress and Sovereign Countess. She was the only ...

. In 1482, he inherited the County of Brienne from his brother Peter II, Count of Saint-Pol. After the death of Charles of Bourbon in 1510, Anthony inherited the County of Ligny, which thereby fell back to the

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Marriage and issue

His name originates from the fact that he was an 8th generation descendant of Henry V, Count of Luxembourg, and thus belonged to the French branch of the

. He married three times: * Antoinette (d. 1490), the daughter of Peter of Bauffremont and mother of: ** Philiberta, married in 1495 to

John IV of Chalon-Arlay John IV of Chalon-Arlay or John of Chalon (-15 April 1503) was a prince of Orange and lord of House of Chalon-Arlay, Arlay. He played an important role in the Mad War, a series of conflicts in which aristocrats sought to resist the expansion and ...

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* Françoise of Croÿ-Chimay, the daughter of Philip I of Croÿ-Chimay and mother of: **

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(1488–1530), his successor as Count of Ligny. By his mistress, Peronne de Machefert, he had an illegitimate son, Antoine of Luxembourg, Bastard of Brienne (1480–1538), who married and had issue (last male descendant John III of Chapelle died in 1670). Counts of Ligny House of Luxembourg 1450 births 1519 deaths 15th-century French nobility {{France-noble-stub