LIGNE

The present members of this family bear the title Prince[ss] de [or von] Ligne (Highness).

EUGÈNE François Charles Lamoral Fürst von Ligne (Brussels 28 Jan 1804-Brussels 20 May 1880); m.1st Roeulx 12 May 1823 Amélie de Conflans (Brussels 18 Jun 1802-Florence 31 Jan 1833); m.2d Brussels 28 Jul 1834 Nathalie de Trazegnies (Brussels 7 Sep 1811-Beloeil 4 Jun 1835); m.3d Vienna 28 Oct 1836 Jadwiga Pss Lubomirska (29 Jun 1815-Brussels 14 Feb 1895)

1a) Henri Maximilien Joseph Charles Louis Lamoral (Paris 16 Oct 1824-Beloeil 27 Nov 1871); m.Paris 30 Sep 1851 Marguerite de Talleyrand-Périgord (Paris 29 Mar 1832-Paris 3 Jul 1917)

1b) LOUIS Eugène Henri Marie Lamoral Fst von Ligne (Paris 18 Jul 1854-Beloeil 27 Aug 1918); m.Paris 24 Jul 1884 (div 1909) Elisabeth de la Rochefoucauld (La Vallée aux Loups 4 Aug 1865-Paris 9 Nov 1946)

1c) Marie Suzanna Marguerite Louise (Mauny 22 Jul 1885-Paris 13 Jan 1971); m.Paris 29 Jan 1906 (div 1919) Pr Alexander della Torre e Tasso (Schloß Mzell 8 Jul 1881-Castel Duino 11 Mar 1937)

2b) Marie Mélanie (Paris 25 Nov 1855-Rome 2 Apr 1931); m.Paris 2 Jun 1875 Friedrich, Duke von Beaufort-Spontin (8 Jun 1843-Petschau 26 Dec 1916)

3b) ERNEST Henri Louis Lamoral Fst von Ligne (Paris 12 Jan 1857-Brussels 23 Jun 1937); m.Paris 4 Jan 1887 Diane de Cossé Brissac (Paris 19 Dec 1869-Beloeil 10 Apr 1950)

1c) Jeanne Marie Louise (Brussels 2 Oct 1887-Montabon 23 Feb 1974); m.Brussels 5 Jun 1906 Léonel Marquis de Moustier (Paris 5 Apr 1882-Hamburg-Neuengamme Mar 1945)

2c) Marguerite Françoise Marie (Brussels 15 Oct 1888-Brussels 19 Feb 1889)

3c) Isabelle Melanie Marie (Brussels 23 Sep 1889-Brussels 11 Dec 1968); m.Brussels 25 Oct 1920 Pr Reginald von Croy (London 26 Sep 1878-Woluwe-Saint-Pierre 13 Apr 1961)

3c) Claude (Brussels 19 Oct 1890-Brussels 4 Apr 1900)

4c) Henriette Marie Juliette (Brussels 31 Dec 1891-Tramecourt 19 Feb 1981); m.Paris 12 Aug 1919 Robert Vcte de Chabot-Tramecourt (Monchamps 13 Feb 1890-d.a prisoner in Brussels 14 Jul 1944)

5c) EUGÈNE Frederic Marie Lamoral Fst von Ligne (Breuilpont 10 Aug 1893-Beloeil 26 Jun 1960); m.Paris (civ) 28 Feb 1917 (rel) 31 Mar 1917 Philippine de Noailles (Paris 23 Aug 1898-Beloeil 13 Aug 1991)

1d) BAUDOUIN Marie Lamoral Fst von Ligne (Paris 27 Nov 1918-Beloeil 3 Mar 1985); m.Malines 9 Jan 1946 (div 1954) Css Monique de Bousies (b.St.Gilles, Belgium 11 Dec 1922)

2d) Isabelle Marie Diane Françoise (Bucharest 14 Feb 1921-Marbella 11 Nov 2000); m.Beloeil 13 Dec 1941 Carlos de Saavedra y Ozores, Marques de Villalobar y de Guimarey (Madrid 18 Aug 1912-Madrid 9 Jun 2004)

3d) Yolande Marie Jeanne Charlotte (b.Madrid 6 May 1923); m.Beloeil 17 Jan 1950 Carl Ludwig, Archduke of Austria (Baden, nr Vienna 10 Mar 1918-Brussels 11 Dec 2007)

4d) ANTOINE Marie Joachim Lamoral Fst von Ligne (Brussels 8 Mar 1925-Beloeil 21 Aug 2005); m.Luxemburg 17 Aug 1950 Pss Alix of Luxemburg (b.Colmar-Berg 24 Aug 1929)

1e) MICHEL Charles Eugène Marie Lamoral Fst von Ligne (b.Château de Beloeil 26 May 1951); m.Rio de Janeiro 10 Mar 1981 Pss Eleonora of Orleans-Braganza (b.Rio de Janeiro 20 May 1953)

1f) Alix Marie Isabelle Aldegonde Eleonore (b.Brussels 3 Jul 1984)

2f) Henri Antoine Gabriël Wauthier Marie Lamoral (b.Brussels 1 Mar 1989)

2e) Wauthier Philippe Féliz Marie Lamoral (b.Château de Beloeil 10 Jul 1952); m.Elderen (civ) 28 Apr 1976 (rel) 1 May 1976 Css Régine de Renesse (b.Louvaine 6 Jun 1955)

1f) Philippe Michel Marie Lamoral (b.Château de Beloeil 29 May 1977)

2f) Mélanie-Yolande de Ligne (b.Château de Beloeil 19 Jun 1979)

3f) Elisabeth-Eleonore de Ligne (b.Château de Beloeil 27 Jun 1983); m.Beloeil 9 Jul 2005 Baron Baudouin Gillès de Pélichy (b.Louvain 26 Nov 1982)

3e) Anne-Marie Jeanne Isabelle (b.Château de Beloeil 3 Apr 1954); m.Beloeil 30 May 1981 Olivier Mortgat (b.Boulogne-Billancourt 7 Mar 1956)

1f) Laure Mortgat, b.Brussels 23 Mar 1983

2f) Isabelle-Marie Mortgat, b.Quito 2 Jan 1985

4e) Christine Marie Elisabeth (b.Château de Beloeil 11 Aug 1955); m.Beloeil (civ) 25 Sep 1981 (rel) 26 Sep 1981 Pr Antonio of Orleans-Braganza (b.Rio de Janeiro 24 Jun 1950)

5e) Sophie Léontine Charlotte Marie Gabrielle (b.Château de Beloeil 23 Apr 1957); m.Beloeil 26 Jun 1982 Cte Philippe de Nicolay (b.Neuilly-sur-Seine 1 Aug 1955)

1f) Cte François de Nicolay, b.London 19 Oct 1989

2f) Cte Guy de Nicolay, b.Paris 19 Dec 1993

6e) Antoine Lamoral Charles Joseph Marie (b.Colmar-Berg 28 Dec 1959); m.Brussels 16 Jun 2001 Jacqueline Léonore Léopoldine Css de Lannoy (b.Uccle 15 Mar 1966)

1f) Louis (b.Brussels 4 Mar 2003)

7e) Yolande Marie Gabrielle (b.Château de Beloeil 16 Jun 1964); m.London 28 Nov 1994 Hugo Townsend (b.Windsor 29 Jun 1945; son of Group Captain Peter Townsend)

1f) Marie Townsend, b.London 29 Apr 1995

2f) George Townsend, b.Brussels 16 Mar 1997

3f) James Townsend, b.London 9 May 1998

4f) Bartholomew Townsend, b.London 2000 [2001?]

6c) Baudouin (Brussels 28 Jan 1896-k.a.Herenthals 8 Sep 1914)

7c) Marie Charlotte Béatrice (Moulbaix 28 Aug 1898-Anvaing 8 Nov 1982); m.Beloeil 19 Jul 1921 Cte Paul de Lannoy (Brussels 19 Jul 1898-Anvaing 7 Oct 1980)

8c) Thérèse Marie Eugenie (Brussels 27 Dec 1905-Brussels 11 Dec 2000); m.Brussels 22 Nov 1927 Ct Bernard d'Ursel (Paris 11 Nov 1904-Woluwe-St.Lambert 4 Oct 1965)

4b) Eugène (Paris 15 Dec 1858-17 Jun 1882)

2a) Louis Marie Charles Gabriel Lamoral (2 Mar 1827-13 Apr 1845)

3a) Nathalie Flore Georgine Eugénie (Beloeil 31 May 1835-Beloeil 23 Mar 1863); m.Beloeil 15 Sep 1853 Duke Rudolf von Croy (Dülmen 13 Mar 1823-Cannes 8 Feb 1902)

4a) Charles Joseph Eugène Henri Georges Lamoral (Brussels 17 Nov 1837-Brussels 11 May 1914); m.Paris 1 Jun 1876 Charlotte de Gontaut-Biron (Paris 19 Jul 1854-Brussels 27 Jun 1933)

1b) Hedwige Marie Gabrielle (Paris 4 May 1877-Neuilly 22 Sep 1938); m.Brussels 14 Oct 1897 Engelbert, Duke von Arenberg (Bürglstein 10 Aug 1872-Lausanne 15 Jan 1949)

2b) Henri Florent Eugène François Joseph Lamoral (Paris 29 Dec 1881-Montreux, Switzerland 15 May 1967); m.Paris 13 Apr 1910 Pss Charlotte de La Tremoille (Paris 20 Nov 1892-Paris 27 Oct 1971)

1c) Jean Charles Lamoral Pr de Ligne de La Tremoille (Brussels 16 Jun 1911-Serrant 9 Jul 2005); m.Paris 11 Mar 1942 Maria del Rosario de Lambertye-Gerbeviller (b.Paris 14 Oct 1922)

1d) Hedwige Marie Gabrielle Charlotte (b.Madrid 18 Feb 1943); m.Antoing (civ) 30 Sep 1966 (rel) 4 Oct 1966 Pr Charles de Merode (b.Coigny 27 May 1940)

2d) Charles-Antoine Marie Louis Eugène Lamoral (b.Boulogne-Billancourt 30 Sep 1946); m.1st Paris 7 Oct 1971 (div 1975) Lady Moira Forbes (b.Boulogne-Billancourt 2 Feb 1951); m.2d Neuilly-sur-Seine 23 Jan 1976 Alyette Pss von Croy (b.Neuilly-sur-Seine 13 Jul 1951)

1e) Edouard Lamoral Rodolphe (b.Paris 27 Sep 1976)

2e) Charles Lamoral Joseph Malcolm (b.Paris 25 Feb 1980)

3d) Nathalie Marie (Paris 22 Sep 1948-22 Sep 1992); m.Saint-Georges-sur-Loire 7 Jul 1973 Pr Alain de Polignac (b.Biarritz 31 Jul 1940)

5a) Edouard Henri Auguste Lamoral (Brussels 7 Feb 1839-La-Neuville-sous-Huy 17 Oct 1911); m.1st London 11 Sep 1866 Augusta Cunynghame (1836-London 27 Oct 1872); m.2d Baden-Baden 12 Mar 1874 Eulalie Pss zu Solms-Braunfels (Kleinheubach 2 Feb 1851-Amay, Belgium 16 Aug 1922)

1b) Albert Edouard Eugène Lamoral (Brussels 12 Dec 1874-Brussels 4 Jul 1957); m.Angleur, Belgium 9 Aug 1906 Marie Louise Calley Saint-Paul de Sincay (Angleur 22 Mar 1885-Brussels 24 Jun 1968)

1c) Elisabeth Marie Eulalie Adrienne Hélène (Brussels 1 Jun 1908-Brussels 15 Feb 1998); m.Beloeil 19 Sep 1932 Cte Guillaume de Limburg-Stirum (Brussels 5 Jan 1908-Brussels 27 Jan 1989)

2c) Marie-Antoinette Henriette Anne (Brussels 28 Oct 1910-Uccle 19 Oct 2001)

3c) Albert-Edouard Philippe Marie Lamoral (The Hague 29 Aug 1912-Natoye 27 Apr 1963); m.Gerbeviller 26 Mar 1949 Leontine de Lambertye-Gerbeviller (b.Paris 24 Jun 1925)

1d) Marie Vanda Rita Line (b.Uccle, Belgium 13 May 1950); m.Beloeil 6 Apr 1979 Alfonso Gonzalo Perez de Guzman y Bustos (b.24 Mar 1951)

4c) Hélène Henriette Anne Marie (The Hague 9 Jun 1917-Uccle 2 Dec 2004); m.Brussels 9 Sep 1948 Peter Francis Whitwell (b.Ambleside, Westmoreland 30 Jun 1911)

2b) Eléonore Marie (Brussels 25 Jan 1877-Hohenberg 13 Aug 1959); m.La Neuville-sous-Huy 30 Nov 1907 Friedrich Pr von Thurn und Taxis (Raab 23 Dec 1871-murdered at Biskupitz 10 May 1945)

3b) Alexandre (La Neuville 7 Dec 1879-k.a.Winghe-St.George 16 Aug 1914)

4b) Hélène Marie (La Neuville 14 Aug 1887-Brussels 21 Nov 1963); m.1st La Neuville 26 Sep 1912 Cte Hadelin d'Oultremont (Ixelles 5 Mar 1877-Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse 10 Dec 1943); m.2d Tronchiennes 19 Jul 1945 Jean Wolff (Saint-Gilles 26 Feb 1892-Brussels 5 May 1951)

6a) Isabelle Hedwige Mathilde Eugénie (15 Apr 1840-11 Mar 1858)

7a) Marie Georgine Sophie Hedwige Eugénie (Brussels 19 Apr 1843-Paris 3 Mar 1898); m.Beloeil 8 Jun 1862 Sosthène de la Rochefoucauld, Duc de Doudeauville (1825-château de Bonnetable 27 Aug 1908)