Guy I of Luxembourg-Ligny (1340 – 23 August 1371) was

Count of Saint-Pol The county of Saint-Pol (or ''Sint-Pols'') was a county around the French city of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (''Sint-Pols-aan-de-Ternas'') on the border of Artois and Picardy, formerly the county of Ternois. For a long time the county belonged to Fl ...

(1360–1371) and

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, Lord of Roussy and Beauvoir (1364–1371). He was the son of

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and Alix of Dampierre, dame de Richebourg. Guy participated in the Battle of Baesweiler (present-day Germany), a conflict between his relative

Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg Wenceslaus, Wenceslas, Wenzeslaus and Wenzslaus (and other similar names) are Latinized forms of the Czech name Václav. The other language versions of the name are , , , , , , among others. It originated as a Latin spelling for Czech rulers. It ...

, husband of the Duchess of Brabant on the one side, and

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and

Edward, Duke of Guelders Edward (12 March 1336 – 24 August 1371) was the duke of Guelders and count of Zutphen from 1361 until 1371. Upon his brother Reginald becoming Duke of Guelders, Edward led a civil war culminating in the battle at Tiel, capturing his brother in 13 ...

on the other side. Guy was killed during the battle. According to the chronicler Jan van Boendale who wrote in the ''Brabantsche Yeesten'', Guy lay wounded and abandoned on the battlefield, until he was discovered by a scavenger the next day, who killed and robbed him. When this plunderer tried later to sell his booty, he was hanged.

Marriage and children

In 1354, Guy married Mahaut de Châtillon (1335–1378), Countess of Saint-Pol, daughter of Jean de Châtillon-Saint-Pol and Jeanne de Fiennes, and had: * Waleran III (1356–1415), Count of Ligny and of Saint-Pol *

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(1369–1387),

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and cardinal, beatified in 1527 * Margaret, married in 1377 Peter of Enghien, died in 1384, and in 1396 with Jean III de Werchin et Cysoing, died at the Battle of Agincourt *

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(1370–1397), married Margaret, Countess of Brienne. He started a cadet branch of the House of Saint-Pol and was the father of

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and

John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny (1392 – 5 January 1441) was a French nobleman and soldier, a younger son of John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir, and Marguerite of Enghien. His older brother Peter received his mother's fiefs, inclu ...

. * André (died 1396),

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* Marie, married Jean de Condé (died 1391), and Simon, count of Salm (died 1397) * Joan, Countess of Ligny (died 1430)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guy 01 of Luxembourg-Ligny French people of Luxembourgian descent Counts of Ligny Counts of Saint-Pol 1340 births 1371 deaths