Prince of Ligne

Prince of Ligne

Ethnicity	Belgian
Current region	Belgium
Place of origin	Ligne in Belgium
Estate	Château de Belœil

Princely Family of Ligne
HH The Prince HRH The Princess HH The Hereditary Prince HH Princess Alix, Countess of Dampierre HRH The Dowager Princess HH Prince Wauthier HH Princess Regine HH Prince Philippe HH Princess Laetitia HH Prince Jean Charles HH Princess Aliénor HH Princess Melanie Yolande HH Princess Élisabeth Éléonore, Baroness Gillès de Pelichy HH Princess Anne Marie, Mrs. Mortgat HRH Princess Christine of Orléans-Braganza HH Princess Sophie, Countess of Nicolay HH Prince Antoine HH Princess Jacqueline HH Prince Louis HH Princess Marie HH Princess Florence Extended family HI&RH Archduchess Yolande of Austria HH Princess Maria HH Princess Hedwige Marie of Merode HH Prince Charles Antoine HH Princess Alyette HH Prince Edouard Lamoral HH Princess Isabella HH Princess Althea HH Princess Athénaïs HH Prince Charles Joseph HH Princess Ran HH Prince Amadeo Joseph HH Princess Marie, Mrs. Guzmán y Bustos HH Princess Helene, Mrs. Whitwell

HRH The Dowager Princess

HI&RH Archduchess Yolande of Austria

HH Princess Maria

Prince of Ligne is a title of Belgian nobility that belongs to the House of Ligne, which goes back to the eleventh century. It owes its name to 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.

The Ligne family began a progressive rise in the nobility, first as barons in the twelfth century, then counts of Fauquemberg and princes of Épinoy in the sixteenth century. Lamoral I received the titles of Prince of Ligne and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire in the early seventeenth century from Emperor Rudolf II.

Many of the Princes de Ligne have also been Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The following list is of those Princes, along with their year of investiture:

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