Guy of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny
| Guy I of Luxembourg-Ligny | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1340 |
| Died |
23 August 1371 Baesweiler |
| Noble family | Luxembourg |
| Spouse(s) | Mahaut of Châtillon |
| Father | John I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny |
| Mother | Alix of Dampierre |
Guy I of Luxembourg-Ligny (1340 – August 23, 1371) was Count of Saint-Pol (1360-1371) and Count of Ligny, Lord of Roussy and Beauvoir (1364-1371).
He was the son of John I and Alix of Dampierre, dame de Richebourg.
Guy participated and lost in the Battle of Baesweiler (present-day Germany), a conflict between his relative Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg, husband of the Duchess of Brabant on the one side, and William II, Duke of Jülich and Edward, Duke of Guelders on the other side.
The chronicler Jan van Boendale writes in his Brabantsche Yeesten that 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.
In 1354 he married Mahaut de Châtillon (1335-1378), Countess of Saint-Pol, daughter of Jean de Châtillon-Saint-Pol and Jeanne de Fiennes, and had:
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