The Houses of Ligne & Arenberg

An early ancestor of this family was one Heribrand de Ligne (fl 1073). He had numerous issue, including the seigneurs de Ligne and Barbançon, some of whom were Hereditary Marshals of Hainaut. Ten generations in descent from him was:

Michel III, Sire de Ligne et de Barbançon, sn de Florennes, de Maulde-sur-l’Escaut et du Ponthpois, Marshal of Hainault (d.4 Jan 1470; bur Gouy); m.1434 Bonne (d.Mons 4 Jul 1472; bur Gouy), dau of Edmund d’Abboville, Sire de Boubers; they had issue:

1a) Jean, Baron de Ligne, Marshal and Captain General of Hainaut (d.15 May 1491; bur Beloeil); m.ca 1473 Jacqueline (d.25 Oct 1486; bur Beloeil), dau of Antoine de Croy, Cte de Porcien et de Guines

1b) Antoine, Baron de Ligne, an de Beloeil, etc, 1513 Prince de Mortagne, 1503 Cte de Faucquemberghe (1474-1532; bur Beloeil); m.1501 Philipotte (d.1525; bur Beloeil), dau of Jacques de Luxembourg, sn de Fiennes, and widow of Robert de Béthune

1c) Jacques, 1544 [imperial] Graf von Ligne, Pr de Mortagne, Cte de Faucquemberghe, Bgve of Leyden, Baron de Beleoil, etc (d.1552; bur Beloeil); m.1^st 9 Sep 1527 Marie van Wassenaer, Burggvne of Leyden (d.1544; bur Beloeil), dau of Johann von Wassenaer, Bgve of Leyden; m.2^nd 1552 Jeanne (dsp 27 Aug 1557; bur Rumes), dau of Grégoire de Halewyn, and widow of Philippe de Beaufort, sn de Rumes et de Bausart

1d) Jean de Ligne (d.8 Sep 1535; bur Beloeil)

2d) Philippe, Cte de Ligne, Pr de Mortagne, etc (d.1583; bur Beloeil); m.1559 Marguerite (d.1598; bur Beloeil), dau of Philippe de Lalaing, Cte de Hoogstraeten

1e) Lamoral, cr by the emperor 1601 Fürst von Ligne, and by Spain 1602 Prince de Ligne (thus all descendants were Princes); Marquis de Roubaix, Cte de Faucquemberghe, Cte de Néchin, Vcte de Gent, Baron d’Antoing, souverain de Fagnolles, etc, Captain-General of Artois (Beloeil 19 Jul 1563-Brussels 6 Feb 1624; bur Beloeil); m.7 Sep 1584 Marie, Dame de Cisoing, de Roubaix et d’Antoing, Vcts de Gand (d.25 Jul 1634; bur Beloeil), dau of Hugues de Melun, Pr d’Epinoy

1f) Yolande, Dame de Thy-le-Château, de Blaregnies, etc (18 Mar 1585-25 Aug 1611; bur Fontenoy-le-Château); m.23 Oct 1599 Pr Charles Alexandre de Croy (d.5 Nov 1624)

2f) Alexandre (Beloeil 22 Apr 1587-Jul/Aug 1588)

3f) Florent, 1608 Pr d'Amblise (13 Aug 1588-Brussels 17 Apr 1622; bur Antoing); m.20 Apr 1608 Louise (9 Feb 1595-Mons 1 Dec 1667; bur Mons), dau of Henri de Lorraine, Cte de Chaligny

1g) Albert Henri, 2^nd Pr de Ligne, etc (Antoing 27 Sep 1615-1 May 1641); m.Brussels 27 Nov 1634 Maria Klara Gfn von Nassau-Siegen (Brussels 7 Oct 1621-Beloeil 2 Sep 1695; bur Beloeil), dau of of Johann Gf von Nassau-Siegen (and later wife of her brother-in-law)

2g) Claude Lamoral, 3^rd Pr de Ligne, etc, Pr d’Amblise et d’Epinoy, Viceroy of Hainaut and Milan, Viceroy of Sicily (1618-Madrid 21 Dec 1679; bur Beloeil); m.Antoing May 1643 his brother’s widow, Maria Klara Gfn von Nassau-Siegen (Brussels 7 Oct 1621-Beloeil 2 Sep 1695; bur Beloeil)

1h) Henri Ernest, 4^th Pr de Ligne, etc, Pr d’Amblise et d’Epinoy, Gov of Limburg (4 Feb 1644-8 Feb 1702); m.1^st Milan 12 Jan 1677 Juana Monica (d.18 Jan 1691), dau of Luis Ramón Folch de Aragón Cardona y Cordova, Duque de Cardona y Segorbe; m.2^nd 1700 Claire de Hocht (d.after 1702)

1i) Marie Anne Antoinette (14 Jan 1680-27 Aug 1760; bur Overijse); m.Beloeil 29 Sep 1694 Philippe Emanuel, Pr de Hornes (d.17 Oct 1718)

2i) Antoine Joseph Ghislain, 5^th Pr de Ligne, etc, Pr d’Amblise et d’Epinoy, resigned titles 1717 and entered a monastery (10 May 1682-9 Aug 1750)

3i) Claude Lamoral, 1717 6^th Pr de Ligne (5 Jul 1685-Mons 7 Apr 1766; bur Beloeil); m.18 Mar 1721 Pss Elisabeth zu Salm-Salm (20 Jul 1704-27 Dec 1739; bur Beloeil)

1j) Henri Ernest (Dec 1721-Aug 1722)

2j) Marie Louise Elisabeth, a nun at Remiremont (17 Feb 1728-Mons 26 Jan 1784; bur Beloeil)

3j) Marie Josephe, a nun at Essen (23 May 1730-Mons 2 Jan 1783l bur Beloeil)

4j) Charles Joseph Lamoral, 7^th Pr de Ligne, etc, Pr d’Amblise et d’Epinoy, sovereign lord, 1770 sovereign Ct of Fagnolles (Brussels 23 May 1735-Vienna 13 Dec 1814; bur Josefsdorf); m.Vienna 6 Aug 1755 Pss Franziska von und zu Liechtenstein (27 Nov 1739-17 May 1821; bur Josefsdorf)

1k) Marie Christine Leopoldine Claudine Philippe (Brussels 27 May 1757-Teplitz 13 Sep 1800); m.Brussels 31 Jan 1775 Johann Nepomuck, Fst von Clary und Aldringen (d.3 Jan 1826)

2k) Charles Antoine Joseph Lamoral (Brussels 29 Sep 1759-k.a.Roux-aux-Bois 14 Sep 1792; bur Beloeil); m.abbaye au Bois 14 Jul 1779 Pss Helena Apollonia Massalska (9 Feb 1763-10 Oct 1814)

1l) Sidonia Françoise Charlotte (10 Dec 1786-Vienna 14 May 1828; bur Josefsdorf); m.Mariaschein 8 Dec 1807 Ct Franz Potocki (d.1853)

3k) François Leopold (1 Nov 1764-6 Jan 1771; bur Beloeil)

4k) Louis Eugène Lamoral (Brussels 12 May 1766-Brussels 10 May 1813); m.Brussels 27 Apr 1803 Louise van der Noot, Cts de Duras (15 Sep 1785-4 Mar 1864)

1l) Eugène François Charles Lamoral, 8^th Pr de Ligne, etc, Pr d’Amblise et d’Epinoy (Brussels 28 Jan 1804-Brussels 20 May 1880); m.1^st Roeulx 12 May 1823 Amélie de Conflans (Brussels 18 Jun 1802-Florence 31 Jan 1833); m.2^nd Brussels 28 Jul 1834 Nathalie de Trazegnies (Brussels 7 Sep 1811-Beloeil 4 Jun 1835); m.3^rd Vienna 28 Oct 1836 Pss Jadwiga Lubomirska (29 Jun 1815-Brussels 14 Feb 1895); for his issue, see here

2l) Jules Louis Paulin (24 Jan 1806-Brussels 28 Nov 1810; bur Beloeil)

3l) Octavia Louise Philippine (29 May 1808-Beloeil 7 Nov 1810; bur Beloeil)

5k) Adalbert Xavier (26 Aug 1767-23 May 1771)

6k) Euphemie Christine Philippine Thérèse (Brussels 18 Jul 1773-Vienna 30 Mar 1834); m.11 Sep 1798 Johann Baptist Gf Pálffy (d.1811)

7k) Flore Adelaide Caroline (Brussels 8 Nov 1775-Vienna 9 Dec 1851); m.1812 Raban Frhr Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim (d.1836)

8k) [illegitimate by Adelaide Nones dite Fleury] Christine de Ligne (4 Jan 1788-19 May 1867); m.6 Nov 1811 Moritz Gf O’Donnell von Tyrconell (1780-1 Dec 1843)

4i) Ferdinand (7 Aug 1686-9 May 1757; bur Beloeil)

5i) Hubert, d.27 Oct 1695

6i) Ernest Henri Philippe, a canon in Strasbourg (1689-1710)

7i) Gaspard Melchior Balthasar (Brussels 5 Jan 1691-7 Feb 1702)

2h) Claire Louise, d.1684; m.1^st 1 Apr 1664 Ramon de Alencastre, Duque d'Aveiro (d.Cadiz 5 Nov 1665); m.2^nd Aug 1666 Inigo Velez de Ledron de Guevara, Cde d'Onate (d.Madrid Oct 1699)

3h) François Albert (1648/9-11 Feb 1650; bur Beloeil)

4h) Nicolas, d.young

5h) Claude Lamoral Alphonse, Cte de Faucquemberghe (17 Mar 1650-Brussels 23 Jan 1662; bur Beloeil)

6h) Marie Henriette (1655-Milan 30 Jul 1675; bur Beloeil)

7h) Françoise Lamberte (1656-10 Jun 1657; bur Beloeil)

8h) Hyacinthe Joseph Procope, Marquis de Mouy (24/25 Dec 1659-Paris 13 Dec 1703); m.8 Apr 1682 Css Anne Catherine de Broglie (1663-4 Dec 1701)

1i) Claude Lamoral (20 Jan 1690-30 Aug 1755); m.11 Dec 1729 Henriette Eugenie de Béthisy, Marquise de Mezieres (17 Apr 1711-1 Jun 1788)

2i) Catherine Hyacinthe, a nun at St.Denis 1706

3i) Marie Hyacinthe, a nun in Paris (1694-1 Oct 1711)

4i) Claire Marie (1698-5 Nov 1731); m.22 Mar 1722 Scipion Louis Joseph de la Garde, Marquis de Chambonas et d'Auberoque (d.23 Feb 1765)

9h) Ernestine Françoise (Nov 1660-27 Aug 1662; bur Beloeil)

10h) Charles Joseph Procope, Marquis d'Arronches (Baudour 20 Aug 1661-Padua 23 Apr 1713; bur Sta Caterina, Ribamar); m.Lisbon 23 Apr 1684 Maria Anna de Souza, Marquesa de Souza (Oporto 25 Apr 1672-Lisbon 30 Dec 1743; bur Sta Caterina, Ribamar)

1i) Claire Marie, b.13 Feb 1689, d.young

2i) Marguerite, b.3 Oct 1690, d.young

3i) Louise Antoinette, Dss de Sousa, Css de Miranda do Corvo, etc (Lisbon 9 Jun 1693-Lisbon 16 Mar 1729; bur Sta Caterina, Ribamar); m.Lisbon 30 Jan 1715 Miguel de Bragança, Duque de Lafoes (d.13 Jan 1724)

11h) Victor (1663-22 Aug 1665; bur Beloeil)

3g) Marie Charlotte (30 Jan 1621-5 May 1625; bur Beloeil)

4f) Anne, d.11 Dec 1651; m.8 Oct 1613 Felipe de Cardona, Marques de Guadalesta (d.1616)

5f) Lambertine (22 Jun 1593-14 Feb 1651; bur Spontin); m.1^st Philibert de la Baume, Marquis de Saint-Martin-le-Châtel (d.Marboz 13 Jul 1613; bur Pesmes); m.2^nd 1615 Christoph Gf von Ostfriesland (d.1636; bur Spontin); m.3^rd 1640 Jean Baptiste de la Baume, Marquis de Saint-Martin-le-Châtel (d.22 Dec 1641)

6f) Ernestine Yolande (2 Nov 1594-Brussels 4 Jan 1663; bur Brussels); m.Brussels 13 Aug 1618 Johann Gf von Nassau-Siegen (d.Renaix 27 Jul 1638)

2e) Georges, sn de Montreuil (d.1596)

3e) Anne (d.16 Nov 1640); m.1596 Adrien de Gavre, Cte de Beaurieu (d.8 Jun 1614)

4e) Marie; m.Maximilien d'Oignies, Cte de Beaurepaire

3d) Louis (d.young at The Hague; bur there)

4d) Georges, Cte de Faucquemberghe (d.1579); m.Marie, dau of Oudart de Renty, and widwo of Eustache de Ravenelles (and later wife of Gaston Spinola)

5d) Hélène (d.27 Aug 1549, bur Ligne)

2c) [Louise Plaquet] Adrienne, legitimized 1529; m.1523 Gilles de Thiennes

3c) [by Louise Plaquet] Jeanne Valentine; m.1^st Guillaume de Goignies (d.1543); m.2^nd Charles de Sommaing

2a) Guillaume de Ligne, Baron de Barbançon, sn de La Buissière, de Gouy, etc; m.Anne Adrienne de Halewyn

1b) Michel, Baron de Barbançon (k.a.Thérouanne 1553)

2b) Louis, Baron de Barbançon, etc, Vogt von Mons (d.ca 1540); m.1513 Marie, dau of Cornelis de Glymes dit de Berghes

1c) Jean de Ligne, Baron de Barbançon, Gov of Friesland, Overijssel, Drenthe and Lingen (k.a.Heiligerlee 25 May 1568), m.Grave 18 Oct 1547 Marguerite von der Mark, 1576 Gefürstete Reichsgräfin von Arenberg, heiress of Mirwart, Neufchâteau, Aigremont, Naaldwijck, Arenberg, etc (Reckheim 15/16 Feb 1527-18 Feb 1599), dau of Robert Gf von der Marck

1d) Charles, 1576 Fürst von Arenberg, 1606 Pr de Rebecq, Baron de Zevenbergen, sn de Neufchât4eau, de Commeren, d’Engien, etc, Admiral and Captain-General of the Seas, Hereditary Marshal of Holland (Vollenhove 22 Feb 1550-Enghien 18 Jan 1616; bur Enghien); m.Beaumont 4 Jan 1587 Anne de Croy, Pss de Chimay, Dss d’Aerschot (Beaumont 4 Jan 1564-Enghien 26 Feb 1611; bur Enghien), dau of Philippe de Croy, Pr de Chimay, Duc d’Aerschot

1e) Philippe Charles, 1616 Fst von Arenberg, 1635 Duc d’Aerschot et de Croy. Pr de Porcien et de Rebecq, Cte de Seneghem, etc, Gov and Captain-General of Namur (Barbançon 18 Oct 1587-Madrid 25 Sep 1640; bur Enghien); m.1^st 22 Sep 1610 Hippolyte-Anne, Baronne de Caumont (d.16 Feb 1615; bur Enghien), dau of Pierre de Melun, Pr d’Epinoy; m.2^nd Brussels 27 Jun 1620 Claire-Isabelle de Berlaymont, Css de Lalaing (Brussels 18 Aug 1602-9 Aug 1630; bur Enghien), dau of Florent Cte de Berlaymont by Marguerite Cts de Lalaing; m.3^rd Köln 29 Mar 1632 Marie Cleopha (Sigmaringen 11 Jun 1599-Messkirch 21 Feb 1685; bur St.Martin, Messkirch), dau of Karl Gf von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and widow of Johann Jakob Gf von Bronckhorst

1f) Claire Eugénie (bap Brussels 23 Oct 1611-1660); m.1635 Albert de Croy-Chimay d’Arenberg, Pr de Chimay (below)

2f) Anne Marie (bap Brussels 15 Feb 1613-1626; bur Enghien)

3f) Marie Désirée (bap Brussels 24 Jun 1624-1630; bur Enghien)

4f) Philippe François, 1645 Duke von Arenberg, Duc d’Aerschot et de Croy, Pr de Rebecq, etc, Captain-General of Hainaut, Gov of Valenciennes (bap Brussels 30 Jul 1625-k.a.Brussels 17 Dec 1674; bur Enghien); m.14 Jul 1642 Maddalena Francisca Luisa Esperanza Ana Catalina Benita de Borja y Doria (Gandia 16 Dec 1627-21 Jun 1700), dau of Francisco de Borja, Duque de Gandia; in 1645 the “Gefürsteter Grafschaft” Arenberg was raised to a “Freien Unmittelbaren Reichsherzogtum” for the descendants of Charles (1550-1616) and his brother Robert

1g) François Philippe (Gandia 5 Sep 1643-Gandia 10/11 Sep 1643; bur Enghien)

2g) Isabelle-Claire-Eugenie (12 Jul 1644-5 Oct 1655; bur Enghien)

5f) Marguerite Alexandrine (bap Brussels 3 Nov 1626-Saint-Omer 18 Jul 1651); m.28 Apr 1649 Eugène de Montmorency, Pr de Robecque (d.1683)

6f) Jeanne-Ernestine-Françoise (Brussels 9 Apr 1628-Brussels 12 Oct 1663; bur Brussels); m.Brussels 4 May 1656 Alexandre Hippolyte Balthazar, Duc et Pr de Bournonville, Gov of Artois, Viceroy of Catalonia and Navarre (1616-Pamplona 20 Aug 1690)

7f) Isabelle-Claire (Brussels 2 Nov 1629-Messkirch 7 Sep 1670; bur Wolfegg); m.Lindau im Bodensee 26 Dec 1648 Maximilian Frhr von Waldburg, Gf zu Wolfegg (1604-Amberg 30 Jan 1667)

8f) Charles Eugène, 2^nd Duke von Arenberg, 8^th Duc d’Aerschot, etc, Gov and Grand-Bailli of Hainaut (Brussels 3 May 1633-Mons 25 Jun 1681; bur Enghien); m.19 Jun 1660 Marie Henriette de Cusance, Css de Champlitte, de la Roche, de Varax, de Neufchâtel et de Châteauroux, Baronne de Villersexel, Marquise de Berghes, Cts de Walhain, Vcts de Sébourg, Baronne de Belvoir et de Braine-l’Alleu, Dame de Beersel, de Gheel, de Wavre, etc (May 1624-21 Jun 1701), dau of Claude François de Cusance, Baron de Belvoir, and widow of Ferdinand François Just de Rye de la Palud, Marquis de Varambon

1g) Philippe Charles, 3^rd Duke von Arenberg, 9^th Duc d’Aerschot, etc (14 May 1663-k.a.Peterwardein 25 Aug 1691; bur Enghien); m.Brussels 12 Feb 1684 Marie Enrichetta del Caretto (20 Sep 1671-Droogenbosch, Uccle 22 Feb 1744; bur Enghien), dau of Oddone Enrico del Carretto, Marchese di Savona e Grana, by Maria Theresia Gfn zu Herberstein

1h) Marie Anne (30 Aug 1689-Utrecht 24 Apr 1736); m.Brussels 20 Nov 1707 François-Egon de La Tour dit le Prince d'Auvergne, Marquis de Bergen-op-Zoom (15 Sep 1675-Douai 26 Jul 1710)

2h) Leopold Philippe Charles Joseph, 4^th Duke von Arenberg, 10^th Duc d’Aerschot, Pr de Porcien et de Rebecq, etc, Gov of Hainaut (Brussels 14 Oct 1690-Heverlé 4 Mar 1754; bur Enghien); m.Brussels 29 Mar 1711 Maria Francesca Pignatelli dei Duchi di Bisaccia (bap Brussels 4 Jun 1696-Brussels 3 May 1766; bur Enghien), dau of Niccolò Pignatelli Pr di Bisaccia, by Marie Claire Angélique Gfn von Egmond

1i) Marie Victoria Paula (Brussels 26 Oct 1714-Strassburg 13 Apr 1793); m.Neuhaus, Bohemia 7 Dec 1735 Mgve August Wilhelm of Baden-Baden (1706-21 Oct 1771)

2i) Marie Adelaide Anne, a nun at Château-Chalon (Enghien 30 Sep 1719-Château-Chalon 23 Feb 1792)

3i) Charles Marie François, 5^th Duke von Arenberg, 11^th Duc d’Aerschot, etc (Enghien 31 Jul 1721-Enghien 17 Aug 1778; bur Enghien); m.Paris 18 Jun 1748 Louise Margareta Gfn von der Marck (Paris 10 Jul 1730-Heverlé 18 Aug 1820; bur Enghien), dau of Ludwig Engelbert Gf von der Marck

1j) Françoise Marie Thérèse (Brussels 2 Jul 1749-Brussels 1 Apr 1751)

2j) Louis Engelbert Marie Joseph Augustin, 6^th Duke von Arenberg, 12^th Duc d’Aerschot, cr 1801 Duke von Meppen [to compenstae for territories lost on the left side of the Rhein], 1803 Fst von Recklinghausen, etc, lost sovereignty 1810/1, 1808 Comte de l’Empire (Brussels 3 Aug 1750-Brussels 7 Mar 1820; bur Enghien); m.Paris 19 Jan 1773 Louise de Brancas (Paris 23 Nov 1755-Paris 10 Aug 1812; bur Enghien), dau of Louis Léon de Brancas-Villars Cte de Lauraguais, by Elisabeth Pauline de Gand-Vilain, Pss de Isenghien et de Masmines; for his issue, see here

3j) Maria Franziska Caroline Leopoldine (Brussels 30 Jul 1751-Prague 26 Aug 1812); m.Brussels 30 Aug 1781 Joseph Gf zu Windisch-Grätz (1744-24 Jan 1802)

4j) Marie Flore Françoise Augusta Caroline (Brussels 25 Jun 1752-Brussels 15 Apr 1832); m.Heverlé 18 Apr 1771 Guillaume, Duc d'Ursel (1750-17 May 1804)

5j) Auguste Marie Raymond Gf von der Marck (Brussels 30 Aug 1753-Brussels 26 Sep 1833; bur Enghien); m.Raismes 23 Nov 1774 Marie Françoise le Danois, Marquise de Cernay (Raismes 3 Sep 1757-Épinal 12 Sep 1810; bur Raismes), dau of Joseph François, Marquis de Joffreville, by Marie Françoise le Danois de Cernay, Marquise de Cernay

1k) Ernest-Engelbert (Paris 25 May 1777-Wiesbaden 20 Nov 1857; bur Enghien); m.1^st Stiekna 2 Apr 1800 Maria Theresia Gfn zu Windisch-Grätz (Vienna 4 May 1774-Bienna 22 Jan 1841; bur Matzleinsdorf); m.2^nd Ödenburg 26 Sep 1842 Pss Sophie von Auersperg (Prague 8 Jan 1811-Salzburg 15 Feb 1891; bur Raismes)

1l) Charles (15 Jan 1802-Vienna 15 Jun 1805)

2l) Ernestine-Marie (Vienna 19 Feb 1804-17 Jun 1841)

3l) Eleonore (Vienna 19 Feb 1845-Montreux 28 Nov 1919); m.Vienna 27 May 1868 Duke Engelbert von Arenberg (above)

4l) Louise (Schloß Stadl 6 Nov 1846-Raismes 3 Jan 1855; bur Enghien)

6j) Charles-Joseph Marie François, a canon in Köln (Brussels 18 Apr 1755-Znaim 22 May 1775)

7j) Louis Marie (Brussels 20 Feb 1757-Rome 30 Mar 1795); m.1^st Paris 30 Jun 1788 Anne-Adelaide-Julie (1766-Paris 24 Dec 1789), dau of Louis Joseph Augustin de Mailly, Marquis de Nesle; m.2^nd Paris 15 Feb 1792 (div 1794) Pss Jelisaveta Borisovna Shakhovska (Moscow 10 Dec 1773-13 Oct 1796), later wife of Pr Peter Shakhovsky

1k) Amélie (Paris 10 Apr 1789-Bamberg 4 Apr 1823; bur Banz); m.Brussels 26 May 1807 Duke Pius in Bavaria (1786-3 Aug 1837; bur Banz)

2k) Catherine Marie Louise (Brussels 1 Dec 1792-Brussels 1 Aug 1794)

8j) Marie-Louise Franziska (Brussels 29 Jan 1764-Vienna 1 Mar 1835); m.Heverlé 24 Sep 1781 Pr Ludwig von Starhemberg (1762-2 Sep 1833)

4i) Marie Flore Charlotte Thérèse (Enghien 23 Oct 1722-Brussels 10 Feb 1776; bur Enghien); m.Heverlé 12 Jan 1744 Cte Jean-Charles-Jerome de Merode (1719-10 Aug 1774)

5i) Marie Eulalie Augustine (Brussels ca 1724-Vienna 14 Dec 1745)

6i) Leopold Charles Marie (Brussels 13 Sep 1730-Vienna 7 Mar 1735)

2g) Alexander Joseph (Brussels 24 May 1664-k.a.Pannonia 7 Jul 1683; bur Enghien)

3g) Marie Thérèse Théodorine (Brussels 25 Jul 1667-Brussels 31 May 1716; bur Enghien); m.1^st Enghien 10 Jun 1683 Ottone-Enrico, Marchese del Carretto di Savona (1639-Mariemont 15 Jun 1685; bur Enghien); m.2^nd Brussels 10 Feb 1687 Louis-Ernst van Egmond, Pr de Gavre (1665-17 Sep 1693)

9f) Albert Jacques Pierre (bap Brussels 22 Feb 1634)

10f) Marie Thérèse (Madrid 22 Apr 1639-Messkirch 18 Jan 1705); m.Brussels 4 Jan 1660 Franz Christoph Gf von Fürstenberg (1625-1671)

2e) Charles, a canon in Mons, Mainz, Liège, etc (Barbançon 13 Nov 1588-Rome 21 Apr 1613)

3e) Ernestine (Brussels 31 Oct 1589-Abbeville 12 Jun 1653); m.Brussels 13 Jun 1613 Guillaume de Melun, Pr d'Epinoy (1580-Saint-Quentin 8 Sep 1635)

4e) Alexandre de Croy-Chimay d’Arenberg, 6^th Pr de Chimay, Cte de Beaumont, Baron de Comines, sn d’Avesnes (Brussels 15 Sep 1590-k.a.Wesel 16 Aug 1629; bur Chimay); m.1613 Madeleine (1596-Köln 7 Nov 1663; bur St.Gudula, Brussels), dau of Karl Gf von Egmond, Pr de Gavre

1f) Isabelle-Françoise (Apr 1615-16 Jan 1677); m.1636 Ludovico Gonzaga dei Conti di San Martino (1599-1660)

2f) Anne Isabelle (1616-1658; bur Boussu); m.1641 Eugene de Hénin-Liétard, Cte de Boussu (1613-Brussels 18 Dec 1656; bur Boussu); the Chimay titles were eventually inherited by her descendants, from whom they later passed to the Caraman family

3f) Albert, 7^th Pr de Chimay, etc (Brussels 15 Feb 1618-Brussels 16 Nov 1648; bur Chimay); m.1635 Claire-Eugenie von Arenberg (above)

4f) Philippe, 8^th Pr de Chimay, etc, Gov and Captain-General of Namur and Luxemburg (Brussels 8 May 1619-Luxemburg 12 Jan 1675); m.Brussels 24 Feb 1642 Theodore-Maximilienne de Gavre (d.Nov 1676)

1g) Ernest Alexandre Dominique, 9^th Pr de Chimay, etc, Gov and Captain-General of of Luxemburg, Viceroy of Navarre (26 Dec 1643-Pamplona 3 Jun 1686); m.Madrid 18 Oct 1675 Maria Antonia de Cardenas (d.28 Aug 1691; bur Malines), dau of Diego de Cardenas Balda

2g) Alexander, Cte de Frésin (Sep 1649-10 Jan 1654; bur Chimay)

5e) Salentin (bap Brussels 16 Dec 1591-15 Aug 1592; bur Enghien)

6e) Antoine, Cte de Seneghem, a monk (bap Brussels 21 Feb 1593-Brussels 5 Jun 1669; bur Brussels)

7e) Claire-Claude (20 Aug 1594-1670); m.1^st 10 May 1609 Bertin Spinola, Cte de Brouay (d.1618); m.2^nd Enghien 25 Feb 1622 Ottavio Visconti, Cte di Garnalazio (d.Brussels 11 Jun 1632; bur Como)

8e) Albertine (Brussels 28 May 1596-19 Jul 1652; bur Enghien); m.10 Dec 1617 Armand-Philippe de Merode, Marquis de Trélon (1590-3 Apr 1627)

9e) a dau. (b.and d.Brussels 16 Jul 1597; bur Enghien)

10e) Eugène Charles, Cte de Seneghem, a canon in Liège (bap Brussels 17 Jul 1600-Saragossa 19 Sep 1635)

11e) Dorothée-Jeanne (Ghent 26 Nov 1601-1665); m.1628 Philippe de Hornes, Cte de Houtekerke (1602-18 Feb 1654)

12e) Caroline-Ernestine (bap Brussels 12 Sep 1606-12 Sep 1630); m.1 Sep 1625 Ernst Gf von Isenburg-Grenzau, Gov of Luxemburg (d.Brussels 30 May 1664; bur St.Gudula, Brussels)

2d) Marguerite (24 Feb 1552-24 Feb 1611; bur Lalaing); m.7 Jun 1569 Cte Philippe de Lalaing (d.24 May 1582)

3d) Emmanuel (1 Mar 1556-15 Jun 1561)

4d) Antoinette Wilhelmine (1 Mar 1557-26 Feb 1626); m.Bonn 10 Dec 1577 Salentin Gf von Isenburg (d.19 Mar 1610; bur Rommersdorf)

5d) Christian (12 Aug 1560-12 May 1566)

6d) Robert, 1614 Prince de Barbançon, sn de Melin, de Rotselaer, de La Buissière, de Merbes, etc (11 Nov 1564-2 Mar 1614); m.Jun 1588 Claudia, Wild- u.Rheingfn zu Dhaun, Gfn zu Salm (12 Nov 1569-Feb 1632)

1e) Albert d'Arenberg, 2^nd Pr de Barbançon (22 Jul 1600-Madrid 8 Apr 1674); m.1616 Marie de Barbançon, Dame de Montjardin, de Soy, de Rianwez, de Nettaines, de Jenaffe, Vcts de Dave, Vögtin vin Aywalle (20 Apr 1602-after 1675), dau of Evrard Vcte de Dave, sn de Villermont

1f) Albert fl 1635

2f) Isabelle-Marie (Barbançon 1623-Paris 17 Aug 1678; bur St.Jacques-du-Haut, Paris); m.1^st 1637 Albert François de Lalaing, Cte de Hoogstraeten, Gov of Artois (1610-1643); m.2^nd Brussels 15 May 1651 Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (d.5 Dec 1671)

3f) Jacques-Claude, Pr d'Aigremont (13 Mar 1624-1644)

4f) Octave-Ignace, 3^rd Pr de Barbançon, Gov and Captain-General of Namur (12 Mar 1643-k.a.Neerwinden 29 Jul 1693); m.17 Jan 1672 Teresa Maria Manrique de Lara, Cdsa de Trigiliana (d.after Aug 1696)

1g) Maria del Patrocinio y los Benaros Manuela Isabella Margerita Josefina Teresa Joaquina Ana Benedictta (12 Mar 1673-10 Jul 1738); m.1^st 1695 Isidor Tomas de Cardona, Marques de Guadaleste (d.4 Aug 1699); m.2^nd 1700 Gaspar de Zuniga, Marques de Aquila-Fuentes (d.1714); m.3^rd 1714 Henri-Auguste de Wignacourt, Cte de Lannoy (d.31 Jul 1726)

2g) Manuela Maria Josefina Stefania Juana Innocentia Dominica Ana Margerida (26 Dec 1675-after 28 Jun 1742); m.1^st 28 Oct 1696 Agostino Hurtado de Mendoza; m.2^nd Cosmo de Portugal e Silva (d.after 1716)

3g) Charles-Joseph (6 Jun 1680-Aug 1681)

5f) Dorothee Caroline (d.7 May 1642)

7d) Catherine, Abbess of la Thure (d.Mons 25 Jan 1581)

2c) Jeanne (d.24 Sep 1569); m.Jean de Lannoy (d.31 Oct 1559)

3c) Adrienne (d.1563); m.Charles, Baron de Berlaymont (d.1578)

4c) Marie, a nun at Mons (test 1571)

5c) Isabeau, a nun at Mons (31 Dec 1513, test 1579)

6c) Anne; m.Walter van der Gracht

7c) Catherine, Abbess of la Thure

8c) Marie, Abbess of la Cambre, d.15 Mar 1557

3b) Catherine (20 Oct 1477- ); m.Philippe de Hénin, sn de Boussu (k.a.1511)

4b) Anne, a nun at Mons (14801/-1545/52)

5b) Marie, Abbess at Mons

6b) Barbe, a nun at Mons (24 Feb 1496- )

7b) Jeanne (d.Glageon 1543; bur Glageon); m.1^st Louis de Blois, sn de Trélon; m.2^nd 1507 Josse van Stavele, sn de Glayon (d.7 Nov 1521)

8b) Jacqueline (d.6 Jul 1527; bur Goeulzun); m.Jacques de Lille, sn de Fresneses (d.Oct 1528; bur Goeulzun)

3a) Michel (bur St.Ghislain)

4a) François, d.young (d.young)

5a) Pierre (d.young)

6a) Jeanne (d.15 Mar 1494; bur Lannoy); m.Jean de Lannoy (d.18 Mar 1493; bur Lannoy)

7a) Sibylle; m.1463 Jean, Baron de Trazegnies (d.1513)

8a) Isabeau; m.1^st 1473 Jean d'Occoches dit de Neufville (d.1480); m.2^nd 1481 Edmond de Monchy, sn de Senarpont; m.3^rd after 1485 Jean de Karquelevent, Gov of Valois, Bailli of Arras

9a) Marie (d.before 1469)

10a) Caroline (d.before 1469)

11a) Eustache (d.before 1469)