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The House of Ligne is one of the oldest Belgian noble families, dating back to the eleventh century. Its name comes from the village in which it originated, between Ath and Tournai. The lords of Ligne belonged to the entourage of the Count of Hainaut at the time of the Crusades. With the battle of Bouvines in 1214, they were described as "great name and men of honour" by the chroniclers of the time. Their progressive rise in the nobility began as barons in the twelfth century, counts of Fauquemberg and princes of Épinoy in the sixteenth century. Lamoral I received from the emperor Rudolf II the titles of Prince of Ligne and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. There are cadet branches of this house: Brabançon, Brabançon-Arenberg, Moy, Ham and Arenberg.
Within this house there were the following abbots and abbesses:
List of the Princes of Ligne:
Pretenders to the Kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, Armenia, and Naples:
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Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne, House of Ligne, Belœil, Eleanora, Princess of Ligne, Prince of Ligne, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Belœil, Hainaut (province), Belgium, House of Ligne, Baroque, Ernest Sanson
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Belgium, French language, France, Wallonia, Provinces of Belgium
Vienna, Brussels, Claude Lamoral, 6th Prince of Ligne, Prince of Ligne, Eugène, 8th Prince of Ligne
House of Arenberg, Friesland, Groningen (province), Drenthe, Overijssel
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Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne, Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza, Princess Elisabeth, Dowager Duchess of Hohenberg
Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne, Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne, Brussels, Belœil, House of Ligne, Baudouin, 12th Prince of Ligne