Charles II. De Luxembourg-Ligny

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Charles II. De Luxembourg ( Karl II. Von Luxemburg-Ligny ; * around 1572 ; † February 18, 1608 ) was count ( comte ) of Brienne (as Karl II. ) And Ligny (as Karl III. ) From 1576 .

He came from the House of Luxemburg-Ligny and was the oldest surviving son of Count Jean III./IV. von Brienne and Ligny and his wife Guillemette de La Marck († 1592), daughter of Duke Robert von Bouillon . After his father's death in 1576, he inherited his father's title as a toddler. His uncle, in whose shadow he stood all his life, was François († 1613), who later became Duke of Piney-Luxembourg .

In 1583 Charles was married to Anne-Marie de Nogaret (1570-1605), the daughter of the seigneur Jean de La Valette and sister of the Duke of Épernon .

In the final phase of the power struggle for the French throne (" War of the Three Heinriche ") he was, like his uncle, a supporter of King Henry III. In 1587 he was named Duke of Brienne and Pair of France ( duc-pair de Brienne ). The parliament refused to register the nobility patent . In 1588/89, as a result of the falling out between the King and the Duke of Guise , Charles fought against the Catholic League . After the king's assassination, he supported Henry of Navarre , who was able to assert himself as King Henry IV .

He later served as governor of Metz and the surrounding area ( Pays messin ). He was accepted into the royal knightly order of the Holy Spirit in 1597 ( chevalier des Ordres du roi ).

Charles de Luxembourg died in 1608 at the age of 36. Since he left no offspring, his branch of the family died out in the male line and the title of duke became extinct. His sister Louise followed him in the county of Brienne ; Through their daughter Louise de Béon , Brienne finally came to the Loménie family . The county of Ligny, however, fell to the uncle François.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Louis Moréri, Étienne François Drouet, Claude Pierre Goujet: Le grand dictionnaire historique, ou le melange curieux de l'histoire sacree et profane. Nouv. ed. , Paris, Assoc., 1759, p. 519 ( Branche de Luxembourg-Brienne ), digitized by Google Books .
  2. ↑ The numbering is not entirely clear. Within his dynasty he is usually counted as II. Charles I († 1530) was therefore his great-grandfather of the same name and predecessor in office in both counties. If, however, one also counts Bishop Charles von Laon († 1509), who also belongs to the dynasty , then he bears the ordinal number III within his family. (about here )
    Regardless of this, Charles de Bourbon († 1510) in the county of Ligny already had a first name bearer in front of the House of Luxembourg, which is why he is the third count of this name there.
  3. ↑ Père Anselme , Honoré Caille Du Fourny: Histoire Généalogique Et Chronologique De La Maison Royale De France, Des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne & de la Maison du Roy & des anciens Barons du Royaume , Volume 5, Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1730, p. 805 ( Brienne, duché-pairie ), digitized by Google Books
  4. ↑ Père Anselme , Honoré Caille Du Fourny: Histoire Généalogique Et Chronologique De La Maison Royale De France, Des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne & de la Maison du Roy & des anciens Barons du Royaume , Volume 3, p. 731 ( Comtes de Brienne ), Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1728, digitized by Google Books
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SURNAME Charles II. De Luxembourg-Ligny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Charles II of Luxemburg-Ligny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Brienne and Ligny, peer of France
DATE OF BIRTH around 1572
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1608