Michel | |||||
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Prince de Ligne | |||||
Reign | 21 August 2005 – present | ||||
Predecessor | Antoine | ||||
Born |
Château de Belœil |
26 May 1951 ||||
Spouse | Princess Eleanora of Orléans-Braganza | ||||
Issue | Princess Alix Henri Antoine, Hereditary Prince of Ligne |
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House | House of Ligne | ||||
Father | Antoine, 13th Prince de Ligne | ||||
Mother | Princess Alix of Luxembourg | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Full name | |
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Michel Charles Eugène Marie Lamoral de Ligne |
Princely family of Ligne |
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Extended family
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HI&RH Archduchess Yolande of Austria
HH Princess Maria
Michel Charles Eugène Marie Lamoral, Prince de Ligne, Prince d'Épinoy, Prince d'Amblise, Grandee of Spain (born 26 May 1951, Château de Belœil, Belgium) is the head of the princely House of Ligne. He is the son of Antoine, 13th Prince de Ligne and Princess Alix of Luxembourg; he is thus the nephew of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and a cousin of Grand Duke Henri. He also bears the title Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Austria.
He married Princess Eleanora of Orléans-Braganza, daughter of Prince Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza and Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria, on 10 March 1981 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.